Great discussion yesterday at our national standards event. Here’s an article in Education Week that highlights some of it. Much interest in what was said by panelist Dane Linn of the National Governors Association (a group that is, of course, helping to spearhead the Common Core State Standards Initiative). The article notes that Linn gave updates on how the process is going – including that a draft of the K-12 standards document should be ready by  the middle of next month.

The piece also highlights some comments by panelist Sandy Kress, Texas attorney and former senior education advisor to President Bush, who argued that the standards won’t mean much unless states agree to revamp teacher training and instructional materials, implement good tests and high passing thresholds.

All in all an interesting summary of yesterday’s discussion…….

Related posts:

1. Watch the live webcast of our National Education Standards event
2. Jon Husted at Ohio event: Get people to commit to high standards and they can achieve those standards
3. And the common standards discussion continues…