Curriculum Matters

From Ed Week, June 10, 2009

Carnegie Corporation on “Transforming” Math, Science Ed

A commission, formed by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Institute for Advanced Study, released a report today that calls for government, philanthropic, college, and K-12 officials to work together to raise both public awareness and student performance in math and science.

Those two goals, the report says, are firmly connected. To get there, the report’s authors call for action from major players in the public and private sectors. They also endorse the recent multistate “Common Core” standards venture launched by governors and schools chiefs, and say the federal government and all states should do the same thing. It so happens that Secretary of Education Arne Duncan was expected to attend an event today in Washington to coincide with the report’s unveiling.

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