"This 2009 Educational Technology Standard replaces the Educational Technology Standard from 2000. Schools should use the 2009/10 school year as a transition year, with full implementation by the 2010/2011 school year."
"Teaching and assessing student work that addresses issues of global significance - around the world or in students' own backyards - are essential to a world-class education system. The global marketplace is real, and today's schools must prepare students to participate, interact, and thrive in it. The more our students know about recognizing the challenges and opportunities of an interconnected world, the better they will be able to work in it and improve it. Our students' well-being, the vitality of our communities, and the welfare of our nation depend on it."
"Until this year, Ena Baxter, an English teacher at Hillcrest High School in Queens, would often have her 10th graders compose papers by summarizing a single piece of reading material... "
"Achieve's "On the Road to Implementation: Achieving the Promise of the Common Core State Standards" seeks to identify the key areas that state policymakers will need to consider to implement the new standards with fidelity. "