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- Rhode Island Public Radio Interview: Explaining the Common Core Standards
On February 26, as the Rhode Island legislature considered a bill to create a commission to study and evaluate the Common Core State Standards, Deborah Ball was interviewed on Rhode Island Public Radio. Ball described how the specific learning goals contained in the Common Core break down learning into distinct parts—much like learning how to play an instrument like the piano. "You can’t imagine that people learn to play the piano by doing just anything they feel like on the instrument," Ball said. "But it’s actually pretty important to break down what the components are of competent performance and that includes both dexterity and skill but it also includes some kinds of understanding."
Listen to the interview at the Rhode Island Public Radio website »
