Brizard, teachers union agree on more rigorous curriculum: "Comprehension, analysis favored over rote learning"

Joel Hood:

After weeks of public feuding over teacher salaries and longer school days, Chicago Public Schools chief Jean-Claude Brizard and the teachers union came together Tuesday to embrace a more rigorous curriculum for CPS students beginning the 2012-13 school year.

At a luncheon with civic leaders from the City Club of Chicago, Brizard announced plans to implement the Common Core State Standards curriculum, a national initiative to improve student performance in key subjects such as math and reading by favoring comprehension and analysis over rote memorization.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at September 1, 2011 2:54 AM
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