NJ Spotlight published the following article on September 2, 2014. To read the full article, click here.
AGENDA: COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS TOP STATE EDUCATION BOARD’S SLATE
In first meeting of new school year, board will delve deeply into benchmark standards for math and language arts
Date: Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014
Time: 10 a.m.
Where: New Jersey Department of Education, 1st floor conference room, 100 River View Plaza, Trenton
What they are doing: Taking up a big topic for the school year, the state board will hear a presentation from the Christie administration about the Common Core State Standards and what they mean for schools. That’s the highlight of the agenda, which otherwise addresses routine business having to do with updating and revising code. There are also public hearings scheduled in the afternoon on both some specific code proposals and “open topic” items.
Catching up: The state board actually already adopted the Common Core standards in 2010 and reinforced its vote again last year in a separate resolution. Still, as debate has intensified over the new standards and their associated testing, board President Mark Biedron asked the administration to make the presentation to make sure the board stays up to date.