EdWeek Update: Common Core State Standards Dividing GOP

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Entrepreneurs (August 31, 2012, Rick Hess Straight Up Blog) Communication Between School and Home Critical (August 30, 2012, Public Engagement & Ed Reform Blog) A Strange Way to Evaluate Learning (August 31, 2012, Walt Gardner's Reality Check Blog) Getting the Facts Straight on Preparing Educators (August 30, 2012, Transforming Learning Blog) Hopes for the New Year (August 30, 2012, Global Learning Blog) OUR COMMUNITY Comment of the Day The sense of hope, of humor, of social belonging, and opportunity is so much more primal in importance than the Common Core or AYP or Pearson programs that it makes the politico-corporate-professional preoccupation with those others—sad. —Dan Greaney • View this comment and respond. Weekly Forum Discussion Does Teaching Need a Few Good Men? Are American students missing out on a host of great male teachers because they aren't attracted to the profession? Would the teaching force improve if schools could recruit more men? 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