COMMON CORE, RECENT ARTICLES, SEN. GREG BALL, DIANE RAVITCH

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RECENT ARTICLES:

--COMMON CORE TOO STRESSFUL; Sen. Greg Ball seeks 3-year moratorium http://www.lohud.com/article/20140116/NEWS/301160084

--ALSO FROM SEN. GREG BALL'S WEBSITE: COMMON CORE ASSAILED IN CARMEL http://www.nysenate.gov/press-release/lohud-common-core-assailed-carmel-forum

--DIANE RAVITCH, EDUCATION EXPERT: RIPS REFORMS ETC.
Education historian and commentator Diane Ravitch railed against the growing testing culture Thursday evening, urging New Yorkers to push back against what she called the misguided and doomed policies of Albany and Washington.“We have federal and state policies that value only one thing, and that is test scores,” she said at Fox Lane High School, where an audience of about 600 educators and parents gave her a standing ovation before she said a word. READ MORE HERE http://www.lohud.com/article/20140116/NEWS02/301160100/Diane-Ravitch-education-expert-rips-reforms-focus-tests-Bedford-talk

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