Editor's note: The first in a series of three stories on Columbia Public Schools' new academic standards, this installment deals with how a lack of literacy in graduating high school students has helped spark the need for more rigorous expectations in schools.
New Common Core State Standards address lack of student literacy
Monday, December 10, 2012 | 6:00 a.m. CST;
updated 3:45 p.m. CST, Thursday, March 7, 2013
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