Today’s moderator: Maureen Downey
Maureen Downey has written about local, state and federal education policy at the AJC for 12 years. She’s also taught college classes in mass communications and journalism. However, she’s learned more about schools from having four children in them.
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Proponents of the new Common Core State Standards made it a point to put "state" in the title so no one would mistake the standards for a national curriculum. It didn't work — as seen in Cobb County, where a school board debate on new math textbooks turned into a referendum on Common Core. I write about the growing controversy, and readers offer their views. Also, an Emory graduate and Teach for America math teacher in Clayton County wonders why his high school has no graduates bound for Emory or Tech.
Core values by Maureen Downey
Guest columnist:
Why are so few of my students going to Emory or Tech? by Alex Dawson
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