<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:tahoma, new york, times, serif;font-size:10pt"><div>Thanks to Will for sending this article this morning as my district spoke to parents of gifted this week about the Common Core rollout. Many parents were VERY worried about the inadequacy of the common core for gifted learners. I have shared a number of resources with families to review that validate this concern--in states where rollout has already happened. Please send me directly any similar resources you might have (aecrowder@yahoo.com) or post for all to see.</div><div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><a
href="http://www.examiner.com/article/common-core-state-standards-do-not-obviate-the-need-for-gifted-education" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(205, 63, 2); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(205, 63, 2);"><font color="#ff7f00" style="font-size: 12px;"><b>http://www.examiner.com/article/common-core-state-standards-do-not-obviate-the-need-for-gifted-education</b></font></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font color="#ff7f00" style="font-size: 12px;"><b><u><br></u></b></font></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(255, 127, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;"><font color="#ff7f00" style="font-size: 12px;"><b><u><font
face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><a href="http://giftedissues.davidsongifted.org/BB/ubbthreads.php/topics/138251/1.html" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(205, 63, 2); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(205, 63, 2);">http://giftedissues.davidsongifted.org/BB/ubbthreads.php/topics/138251/1.html</a><br><br>http://www.nagc.org/CommonCoreStateStandards.aspx<br><br>http://www.nagc.org/uploadedFiles/Information_and_Resources/Common_Core_State_Standards/common%20core%20state%20standards%20statement%20(6-2-10).pdf</font><br></u></b></font></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:
16px;"><font color="#ff7f00" style="font-size: 12px;"><b style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(205, 63, 2); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(205, 63, 2);"><a href="http://giftedissues.davidsongifted.org/BB/ubbthreads.php/topics/131006/Common_Core_math_to_prevent_ac.html" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(205, 63, 2); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(205, 63, 2);">http://giftedissues.davidsongifted.org/BB/ubbthreads.php/topics/131006/Common_Core_math_to_prevent_ac.html</a></b></font></div><div><font color="#ff7f00" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Thanks,</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;
background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Angela</div></div></body></html>