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'College and Career Ready'? Education Reformers Need That Defined

Education reformers have made "career and college ready" the latest buzzwords in an overhaul of the U.S. education system. The only problem: They've yet to agree on exactly what the phrase means, a fact on display this past week at a Senate hearing on student assessment. "I think the theory is firm," Mary Ann Blankenship, executive director of the Kentucky Education Association (a state teachers union), told the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee . "I think the specifics are going to get much more specific once the standards are set." ...

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