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Will National K-3 Standards Harm or Help Young Children?
Randi Weingarten, Edward Miller, Lisa Guernsey with Rae Pica

 

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Are proposed national, common core standards developmentally appropriate at the kindergarten level? Class, wealth, social status, and implementation may all be factors. In this two-part series Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, defends the program to critics who argue that national standards are neither needed nor helpful.

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