How State Standards Get Written: Curriculum as Compromise
State standards are the most concentrated place in U.S. public education where decisions about other people's children get made by people who do not have to live with the consequences. This episode names curriculum as compromise, asks who is at the table when standards get written, and sketches what an accountable standards process — with community elders, classroom teachers, and learners as voting members — could look like.
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How State Standards Get Written: Curriculum as Compromise
A document written in a meeting you have never seen still walks into your child's classroom every morning.
| Series | Cultural Context of Knowledge |
| Recorded | May 13, 2026 |
| Runtime | 17:51 |
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“A document written in a meeting you have never seen still walks into your child's classroom every morning.
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