SCOPE Brown Bag Seminar

In August 2010, California
adopted the Common Core State Standards — developed in a state-led effort
coordinated by the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief
State School Officers. The Common Core standards— adopted by 45 states and
three territories — establish expectations and benchmarks of the knowledge,
concepts, and skills students should acquire for Engligh language arts (ELA) and
mathematics at each grade level for success in a global, technology-rich
economy. Before the Common Core, California's State Board of Education last
adopted standards for ELA and mathematics in 1997.



Michael Kirst will present a comprehensive overview of the state policy
implications of California’s implementation of the Common Core Curriculum and
will provide a conceptual framework to understand the challenges of
implementation.



Michael W. Kirst
is a Professor Emeritus of Education at Stanford University and President of
the California State Board of Education. Before joining the Stanford faculty in
1969, Kirst held several positions with the federal government including Staff
Director of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Manpower, Employment and Poverty,
and Director of Program Planning for Elementary and Secondary Education at the
U.S. Office of Education. His latest book is Political
Dynamics of American Education (2009).