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What to Watch
Alternative to No Child Left Behind gives states, school districts, and parents greater say. | Number of the Week
Common Core funding issues put Massachusetts' great gains at risk. | Quote of the Week
North Carolina to review Common Core policy. | Don't Miss
Arizona Governor expands Education Savings Accounts. | |
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Common Core: Homeschoolers Face New Questions on College Admissions
By Brittany Corona
New information on Common Core “alignment” by the ACT, SAT, and even GED exams raises questions about the impact Common Core will have on private and homeschooled students and their ability to “opt out” of the federally incentivized standards if they want to apply for college. David Coleman, new head of the College Board—which administers the SAT—said in an interview with Education Week that one of his top priorities is to align the SAT with the new standards. “The Common Core provides substantial opportunity to make the SAT even more reflective of what higher education wants.”
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Watch |  | Representative Bishop and Senator Cornyn Propose Alternative to No Child Left Behind
“Congressman Rob Bishop (UT-01) and Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today introduced the Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act (A-PLUS) [H.R. 2456]. The legislation allows states to opt out of the prescriptive programmatic requirements of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) by presenting a five-year declaration of intent to the U.S. Secretary of Education.” | |
| School Vouchers Going Statewide in Wisconsin: Legislature Approves Gov. Scott Walker's Budget
"Once limited to just Milwaukee—expanded in 2011 to include Racine—vouchers soon will be available to low-income students in every Wisconsin school district with the legislature’s passage of the state budget, which Gov. Scott Walker has indicated he will sign July 1."
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Number of the Week
$360 Million
The estimated cost of implementing the Common Core in the state of Massachusetts is $360 million for new textbooks, professional development, and technology.
See: The Boston Globe's "Education Reform at 20”
| | | Quote of the Week |  | “The very premise of Common Core—to somehow standardize learning and test-taking—runs counter to the world of mass customization we live in where, via technology, curriculum and the learning experience can literally be customized to the needs of each individual student."
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Don’t Miss
Governor Brewer Signs Education Savings Account Expansion
Last week, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed into law a bill to expand Education Savings Accounts in Arizona by increasing the minimum funding amount for participating students and making kindergarten students eligible to participate without prior public school attendance. |  | |
 | About The Heritage Foundation
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