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=Draft Summary of the MI Race to the Top Plan=

You probably want to read this document to see what may be in store for you!!! Here is a page where you can download any of the mathematics standards for the College and Career-readiness standards. From this page you can navigate to learn more about the Common Core Standards.

[] = = =Obama To Seek $1.35 Billion More For Education= by The Associated Press a quote from that piece "To that end, Obama sees the use of student test scores to judge teacher performance and the creation of charter schools, which are funded with public money but operate independently of local school boards, as solutions to the problems that plague public education. National teachers unions disagree. They argue that student achievement amounts to much more than a score on a standardized test and that it would be a mistake to rely heavily on charter schools."

retrieved from : http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122724400 Go there for the entire article.