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Thursday, December 19, 2013

Diane Ravitch: Who is Common Core really for?

From the Diane Ravitch blog:

Education Week reports that 68% of districts plan to buy new instructional resources to meet the demands of Common Core.
That is, some 7,600 districts plan to buy new materials.
Most are planning to buy online resources, presumably to prepare for online testing.
I wish some researchers would estimate the shift of resources to pay for the new stuff.
As districts purchase more Common Core aligned materials, hardware and software, what do they spend less on?
Class size? Teachers? The arts? Physical education? Social workers? Guidance counselors? Librarians?
http://dianeravitch.net/2013/12/19/common-core-a-bonanza-for-vendors/

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