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First In Reform: The Adoption Of Common Core State Standards In Kentucky, Richard E. Day Dec 2012

First In Reform: The Adoption Of Common Core State Standards In Kentucky, Richard E. Day

Richard E. Day

On February 11, 2010, in an unprecedented joint meeting, the chairs of the Kentucky Board of Education, the Council on Postsecondary Education, and the Education Professional Standards Board signed a resolution directing their respective agencies to implement the Common Core State Standards in English/language arts and mathematics. This act formalized Kentucky’s commitment to integrate the nascent standards into the state’s public education system – the first state to do so. This article will trace the antecedents to Kentucky’s adoption of the standards as one expression of the late 20th century/early 21st century “corporate school reform movement” as manifested in the …


Education Reform In Kentucky: Just What The Court Ordered, Richard E. Day, Jo Ann G. Ewalt Dec 2012

Education Reform In Kentucky: Just What The Court Ordered, Richard E. Day, Jo Ann G. Ewalt

Richard E. Day

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