National Curriculum?

"The Common Core State Standards Initiative is a significant and historic opportunity for
states to collectively develop and adopt a core set of academic standards in mathematics
and English language arts. Forty-eight states and three territories have joined the Common
Core State Standards Initiative. The initiative is being jointly led by the NGA Center for Best
Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers in partnership with Achieve, ACT,
and the College Board. It builds directly on recent efforts of leading organizations and states
that have focused on developing college- and career-ready standards and ensures these
standards are evidence- and research-based and internationally benchmarked to top performing
countries."

http://corestandards.org/



Is this a step towards a national curriculum?
Which states are/are not participating?



"Endorsing Partners" (aka $$)

Achieve
ACT, Inc.
American Association of School Administrators
Alliance for Excellent Education
AOIS & Corporate Computer, Inc.
Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE)

Cambium Learning Group, Inc.
Carnegie Learning
Council of the Great City Schools
Curriculum Advantage
Curriki

EdisonLearning
Education Alliance of Washoe County, Inc.
Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
Educational Teaching Aids Cuisenaire
Edvantia, Inc.
Envision Excellence in STEM Education
Evans Newton Incorporated (ENI)

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
Intel Corporation
Iowa Testing Programs
Knowledge Alliance
The Learning Institute

The Merck Institute for Science Education (MISE)
MetaMetrics
Military Child Education Coalition

National Association of Secondary School Principals
National Parent Teacher Association
National Student Clearinghouse
National School Supply and Equipment Association

OpenVES
Pearson
Resources for Inner City Children (RICH)

Scholastic Inc.
Southeastern Regional Vision for Education Center at the University of North Carolina
State Farm (really?)
State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO)
Successful Practices Network

Teaching Institute for Excellence in STEM Education (TIES)
Teachscape
Wireless Generation