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Articles and press releases related to the academic standards. |
| January 19, 2010 - Notice of Intent to Adopt Science Academic Standards Without a Public Hearing Minnesota Department of Education The Minnesota Department of Education is moving forward in the rulemaking process for the science academic standards rules. |
| October 21, 2009 - Partnership for 21st Century Skills comments on the proposed national standards |
| October 29, 2009 - Faith in Common Standards Not Enough The Brookings Institution In a recent Brown Center Letter on Education, Don’t Forget Curriculum, we concluded that the effects of curriculum on student achievement are larger, more certain, and less expensive than the effects of popular reforms such as common standards, charter schools, and reconstituting the teacher workforce. We recommended that curriculum have a prominent place in the education reform agenda. |
| September 21, 2009 - Common Core State Standards Available for Comment National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
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| June 1, 2009 - Minnesota joins Common Core State Standards Initiative Minnesota Department of Education |
| May 28, 2009 - New K-12 Science Standards! Minnesota Department of Education |
| February 24, 2009 - Request for Comments on Possible Amendment to Rules Governing Arts Academic Standards Minnesota Department of Education Division of Academic Standards |
| October 9, 2008 - Mathematics Academics Standards Rulemaking Update Minnesota Department of Education |
| September 19, 2008 - Minnesota Standards, Assessments Approved Under NCLB Minnesota Department of Education |
| January 2008 - Science Standards Revision Process Begins Multiple Sources |
| November 2007 - Academic Arts Standards Revision In Process Multiple Sources |
| April 2007 - Revised Minnesota Math Standards Released Minnesota Department of Education |
| April 2007 - ACT National Curriculum Survey 2005–2006 New Study Points to Gap Between U.S. High School Curriculum and College Expectations |
| January 2007 - SciMathMN Holds Policymaker Briefing on World Class Standards SciMathMN |
| October 2006 - Minnesota Math Standards Revision Committee Begins Meeting Minnesota Department of Education |
| September 2006 - MDE Invites Minnesotans to Participate in Revision of Math Standards Minnesota Department of Education Revisions will be designed to better prepare Minnesota students for a more competitive global environment |
| June 2006 - World languages help build community MN Sun Newspapers Studying a language is not merely memorizing vocabulary and scripted conversations. Just as there are the familiar three Rs of basic education, there are the five Cs of language study: communication, cultures, connections, comparisons, and communities. |
| June 2006 - The State of State World History Standards Minnesota Earns an "A," Thomas B. Fordham Institute. |
| December 2005 - The State of Science Standards Minnesota Ranks 17th on quality of Science Standards, Thomas B. Fordham Institute. |
| February 15, 2005 - Early Learning Standards in Minnesota focus of Joint Hearing The Minnesota Department of Education has developed Early Learning Standards for the State of Minnesota. |
| January 27, 2005 - Updated Early Childhood Education Standards Released The Minnesota Departments of Education (MDE) and Human Services recently revised the Early Childhood Indicators of Progress: Minnesota’s Early Learning Standards to include the most recent information on early learning and bring pre-K standards in line with Minnesota’s Academic Standards for K-12 education. |
| Fall 2004 - Action Education: On the Front Line in Minnesota's Social Studies War Paul Spies describes the battle for quality social studies standards in Minnesota and questions the agenda behind legislating social studies standards at all. |
| February 2004 - University of Minnesota School of Mathematics Involvement in the New K-12 Standards This department newsletter article summarizes the role of University of Minnesota Mathematics professors in developing the new K-12 math standards. |
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