PBLN supports the position of Massachusetts Secretary of Education Paul Reville and the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education that the Common Core standards provide far more than adequate rigor, flexibility, independence and quality to ensure Massachusetts remains a national leader in education of our children. Together with the landmark education reforms of January 2010, the adoption of the Common Core standards will dramatically increase the prospect of innovation and excellence reaching all teachers and students in the Commonwealth in the days ahead.
The hard work never ends on education reform, and as Secretary Reville said at a PBLN briefing this morning at Eduventures, Inc. in Boston, if reforming education was simple we would have completed the job long ago. PBLN and its members look forward to the next round of discussion on closing not only the achievement gap, which requires urgent and innovative attention; but also what Secretary Reville calls the "inspiration gap" whereby children need the motivation and excitement about learning that can only be enhanced by better prepared teachers and more innovative models of learning.
An impartial study that concluded Massachusetts adoption of Common Core is in the best interest of education reform was commissioned by the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education is here.
And the PBLN policy statement in support of innovation in education is here.
Be sure also to check out the coverage in Mass High Tech of the Common Core standards discussion and the PBLN position.
An impartial study that concluded Massachusetts adoption of Common Core is in the best interest of education reform was commissioned by the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education is here.
And the PBLN policy statement in support of innovation in education is here.
Be sure also to check out the coverage in Mass High Tech of the Common Core standards discussion and the PBLN position.
Diane Hessan, President & CEO - Communispace
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