California's public schools in the 2014-15 school year. The standards are designed
to help students build higher-order thinking, connect learning to real-world scenarios
and increase literacy, communication skills and knowledge.
San Mateo and Santa Clara counties, in 2013 Silicon Valley Community Foundation
launched the Silicon Valley Common Core Initiative, a three-year effort to foster
collaborative approaches to implementation of CCSS in our region.
to inform and encourage action from more than 1,500 parents, donors, residents,
community leaders and business leaders.
understand their needs as they work on successful implementation of the new
standards. These sessions helped inform a Request for Proposals (RFP) from school
district collaboratives. We released the RFP in summer, and announced our first
funding for collaboratives in fall 2013.
raised more than $2 million for the Silicon Valley Common Core Initiative and to
fund the innovative school district collaboratives. Each group received funds to plan
and implement changes in curriculum, professional development, technology
and assessment.
and Santa Clara counties, about 80 percent of whom come from low-income households.
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