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A profound change in educational standards and assessments is quietly underway. By 2014, almost every state in the country will have the same demanding standards for what students need to know before they graduate high school. 

How will the Common Core State Standards Initiative change education as we know it? What can we expect going forward? And why is Minnesota one of only five states not adopting the measures?

Susan Headden, senior writer and editor at Education Sector, wrote about these updated standards 

Headden joined The Daily Circuit Tuesday to discuss these new standards. Mike Petrilli, executive vice president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, also joined the discussion.

Why did Minnesota skip the math Common Core standards?

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A profound change in educational standards and assessments is quietly underway. Soon, almost every state in the country will have the same demanding standards for what students need to learn.

New Common Core standards changing U.S. education

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