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Wanted:
Housekeeping help. Bi-weekly or weekly. Call 397-8391. (1017.1031)
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Death Notice: Ruth Raap
Ruth Raap, 86, of Pierpont died October 17, 2013 at St. Lukes Hospital, Aberdeen. Services are pending with Paetznick-Garness Funeral Chapel, Groton.
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Knowledge about Common Core not so common
By Heidi Marttila-Losure, Dakotafire Media
Reporting by Garrick Moritz, Faulk County Record, and Sarah Gackle
• As Common Core standards started going into effect in Dakota classrooms this fall, state education leaders probably expected to spend some time explaining what the standards are.
• But Ryan Townsend, director of academic standards for the N.D. Department of Public Instruction, said he's spent a lot of time lately explaining what the standards are not.
• The standards had strong support from many corners until this fall, when educators started hearing a lot of pushback, according to Townsend.
• "A lot of it is based on misinformation, unfortunately," he said.
• He's had to combat a lot of myths: No, there's no mandate in the standards to (Continued on page 4)
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