Alan Blankstein is the founder of the HOPE Foundation and author of the upcoming"Failure Is NOT an Option® 6 Principles That Advance Student Achiev...Alan presents a very timely guest blog.
At the end of a day-long meeting last year at the National Education Association headquarters with 8 CEOs and Presidents from various U.S. educational organizations and the Department of Education, the underlying concerns about Common Core surfaced. After thousands of hours, and millions of dollars spent in successful development of a new and improved set of standards, there was one thing missing: an implementation plan. This small, inconvenient truth will surely be front and center for practitioners over the next decade.
Passing legislation in today's political climate is rough; but getting major initiatives implemented consistently across even a district--much less a region or an entire nation - is close to miraculous. Some of the brightest policy-makers and philanthropists are coming to terms with this reality:
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