K-12 Curriculum Development

46 States, D.C. Plan to Draft Common Education Standards
The Washington Post
By Maria Glod, Washington Post Staff Writer
June 1, 2009

On June 1, forty-six states and the District of Columbia announced an effort to craft a single vision for what children should learn each year from kindergarten through high school graduation.  U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan was quoted in The Washington Post as saying, "This is the beginning of a new day for education in our country."

Influential Organizations:

National Governors Association

Achieve - American Diploma Project

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

Center for Civic Education

Council of Chief State School Officers

International Technology Education Association

National Council for the Social Studies

National Council of Teachers of English

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

National Education Association

National Science Teachers Association

The American Federation of Teachers

The Partnership for Twenty-First Century Learning Skills

and others.......


Important Documents:

Benchmarking for Success: Ensuring U.S. Students Receive a World-Class Education

Common Core Standards Initiative
Why Is the Common Core Standards Initiatieve Important for the Country?
Council of Chief State School Officers

The Case for National Standards
The Washington Post
By Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers

A Call for National Standards
The American Federation of Teachers

The Partnership’s Statement on President Barack Obama’s Education Plan
The Partnership for Twenty-First Century Skills
March 11, 2009

The Unfinished Work of the Standards Movement
By Michael Cohen, President Achieve 

Governor Hunt Testifies Before U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor
James B. Hunt Institue for Educational Leadership and Policy
April 29, 2009

Additional information on National Standards may be found by clicking on
National Standards.  Please feel free to share your thoughts on the press release announcing the creation of Common Education Standards.