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High school district preparing for Common Core

Original post made on Mar 18, 2014

Local high school district officials are planning to use about $750,000 from the state to help pay for professional development and one-on-one instruction in the new Common Core curriculum standards for teachers.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, March 18, 2014, 10:36 AM

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Posted by How about online courses for the teachers?
a resident of Martens-Carmelita
on Mar 18, 2014 at 2:39 pm

How about online courses for the teachers? That would be a way cheaper solution.

"Though in the grand scheme of things, the money from the state is just a "drop in the bucket" when considering all the district will need to do to prepare for Common Core"

Why would it cost so much? It should not be much different than what is taught today, right?


Posted by Helen
a resident of Monta Loma
on Mar 27, 2014 at 11:16 pm

What is "common core"? Guess I could look it up. Maybe it involves dumbing down. Oh well. Never mind. This country is going to pot.


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