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Coming Soon to a School Near You?: Common Core

Civil Rights Practice Group Teleforum

The Common Core State Standards attempts to define what K-12 students should know at the end of each school year in key subject areas. The initiative garnered strong and broad support, but has come under increasingly heavy criticism from state and local officials, and parents. Supporters argue that uniform standards are an essential part of assuring quality education throughout the nation. Criticisms range from concerns about top-down, federal control of a traditionally state and local government function, to attempts to impose a nationwide curriculum, to a lack of field testing of the standards. Our experts will discuss the standards and who has the better argument.

  • Jimmy R. Faircloth, Jr., Managing Partner, Faircloth, Melton & Keiser, LLC
  • D. John Sauer, Partner, Clark & Sauer, LLC

The Common Core State Standards attempts to define what K-12 students should know at the end of each school year in key subject areas. The initiative garnered strong and broad support, but has come under increasingly heavy criticism from state and local officials, and parents. Supporters argue that uniform standards are an essential part of assuring quality education throughout the nation. Criticisms range from concerns about top-down, federal control of a traditionally state and local government function, to attempts to impose a nationwide curriculum, to a lack of field testing of the standards. Our experts will discuss the standards and who has the better argument.

  • Jimmy R. Faircloth, Jr., Managing Partner, Faircloth, Melton & Keiser, LLC
  • D. John Sauer, Partner, Clark & Sauer, LLC

Call begins at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

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