35 Questions About Common Core: Answers for North Carolinian's

35 Questions About Common Core: Answers for North Carolinian’s

Over the last several months, the Common Core State Standards Initiative has attracted considerable attention from the state and national media. As a result, North Carolinians have begun to consider how these changes will affect their public schools.
Unfortunately, readily accessible information about the Common Core is often hard to come by. The purpose of this primer is to introduce North Carolinians to the Common Core State Standards by answering some of the most frequently asked questions about common standards and tests. North Carolina taxpayers should use it as a first step in an ongoing effort to assess the massive changes underway in our public schools.

You can download the document here

http://johnlocke.org/research/show/spotlights/284

Dr. Stoops discusses CC

http://cjtv.carolinajournal.com/display_video.php?id=1913&type=5&__utma=1.567662802.1363311955.1363462146.1365681934.3&__utmb=1.1.10.1365681934&__utmc=1&__utmx=-&__utmz=1.1365681934.3.3.utmcsr=johnlocke.org|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/&__utmv=-&__utmk=248878343

great site to read, run by 3 moms in Utah http://whatiscommoncore.wordpress.com/