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Study: Children Now Are More Imaginative
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Panel Parses Out Skills Needed for 21st-Century Workplace
- “Education for Life and Work: Developing Transferable Knowledge and Skills in the 21st Century” is by the National Research Council.
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NAEP Shows Science-Standards Mastery Long Way Off
- The National Center for Education Statistics released the results of a 2009 science assessment.
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Form + Function = Finnish Schools
- “The Best School in the World” is an exhibit at the Finnish embassy in Washington.
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Big Districts Push for Teaching Texts Aligned to Common Core
- The “publishers’ criteria” for grades K-2 and for grades 3-12 were last revised on April 12, 2012.
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Common-Core Assessment Consortium Ponders Meaning of ‘College Readiness’
- The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers released a draft
statement to gather input on the meaning of “college readiness.”
