Quotable:

“Crisis has a way of galvanizing folks around the need to act. I think the ‘freeze’ in education funds to public charter schools this year was a wake up call to schools to make sure something like this does not happen again.”
-Jeff Maclin, vice president for school advocacy at the New York City Charter School Center

Gotham Schools: To win over Albany, charter advocates begin organizing parents

Notable:

16:
Estimated number of states that have the capacity to adopt the Common Core standards within six months of their release, according to the deputy executive director of the CCSSO. Another 15 have the capacity to do so in a year, and the rest would likely need more time.

Education Week (subscription required): States Slow Standards Work Amid ‘Common Core’ Push

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