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First In Reform: The Adoption Of Common Core State Standards In Kentucky, Richard Day
First In Reform: The Adoption Of Common Core State Standards In Kentucky, Richard Day
Kentucky Journal of Excellence in College Teaching and Learning
Kentucky first drew national attention when its Supreme Court declared the entire system of schools to be unconstitutional in Rose v Council for Better Education, 790 S. W. 2d 186 (1989). The Rose case, argued by former Kentucky Governor Bert Combs, launched a third wave of school reform litigation based on both equity and adequacy as expressed in state constitutions (Day 2011, 2-4). On February 11, 2010, in an unprecedented joint meeting, the chairs of the Kentucky Board of Educat ion, the Council on Postsecondary Education, and the Education Professional Standards Board signed a resolution directing their respective agencies to …
Creativity To The Core: How The Ky Core Academic Standards Can Enhance Creativity--Research, Dorie Combs
Creativity To The Core: How The Ky Core Academic Standards Can Enhance Creativity--Research, Dorie Combs
Kentucky Journal of Excellence in College Teaching and Learning
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) were developed by the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and the National Governor’s Association in response to concerns about the poor performance of US students in comparison to students in other industrialized nations. A lack of understanding of the standards has led some to assume that any standards-based curriculum is going to focus on lower-level thinking skills and therefore impede critical and creative thinking. While Kentucky’s English language arts and mathematics standards are derived from the CCSS, Kentucky’s learning targets and standards are not limited to the CCSS standards. That is, there …