U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan plans to step down from his Cabinet position by the end of the year, leaving the Obama administration more than a year before the president’s term will end. click here for full article: Via Washington Post

In 2010, New York State was awarded over $700 million from President Obama’s Race to the Top initiative. As part of the grant, New York agreed to adopt the Common Core Standards (self-identified as “college and career ready” standards), tie student test scores to teacher evaluations, and to implement a longitudinal student data system.  click here for full article: Via Tim Farley