STATE HOUSE — A citizens-backed initiative petition that sought to end the state's use of Common Core learning standards was improperly certified by Attorney General Maura Healey and is now ineligible for the November ballot, according to a Supreme Judicial Court ruling on Friday.
The decision "will prevent the proposed measure in the petition from being placed on the 2016 Statewide ballot," the court said in a ruling written by Judge Margot Botsford.
The writing curriculum for K-12 students is changing in Massachusetts and elsewhere, but it isn't at all clear that these changes will move more students towards a meaningful high school diploma.
What kind of writing should kids do at different educational levels? We know that writing is related to reading, but what does that mean for the K-12 curriculum? What are effective ways to develop a range of writing skills? What are the elements of a sound K-12 writing curriculum?
