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Effective Common Core Standards Must Support the Whole Child, and all Children. A narrow focus on some parts of the curriculum, to the exclusion of social and emotional learning, and without supports to enable all children to benefit, will only widen existing gaps. It's time for a Broader, Bolder Approach to Education!

Narrowing the achievement gap requires us to attack poverty, not schools. Decades of research affirm James Coleman’s findings that family and community factors are major drivers of achievement gaps. We need a Broader, Bolder Approach to Education!