Deborah Kenny, founder and chief executive of Harlem Village Academies, writes in The Washington Post that, "while some schools might choose to teach vocabulary in a rote, boring way, clearly the standards are not to blame." Read her op-ed... [1]
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[1] http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/making-the-common-core-work-for-students/2013/03/08/a8e7b5d8-86a8-11e2-98a3-b3db6b9ac586_story.html