States relieved by school plan

Stateline: One state at a time, the push for common school graduation standards has been gaining traction. In just five years, the number of states with such standards for college and career-readiness has increased from three to 31.

But behind the progress there has consistently been a looming concern: Would the federal government move in and supersede the gains that states have been making? That concern grew into genuine alarm a few weeks ago when the Obama administration announced that a new set of federal graduation requirements would be forthcoming. State education officials worried out loud that this might mean an attempt to hand down standards from Washington to every school in the country.  Read Article

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