Talk about "common standards" continues to pop up all over town here in the nation's capital. Vicki Phillips, who heads up the education division for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, testified about what she thinks those standards should look like at a hearing of the House Education and Labor Committee yesterday, GothamSchools reports.
U.S. Rep George Miller, D-Calif., the chairman of the committee, emphasized the need for the nation to address the high school dropout crisis at the hearing.
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