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Apple Showcases Education Apps ‘Aligned to Common Core Standards’

Mikael Thalen | 2+2=5 now streamlined for iPad.

September 2, 2014

A document posted to the education section of Apple’s website reveals the company’s close ties to the controversial Common Core learning standard.

Entitled “Curriculum, Assessment and Teaching Tools for iPad,” the document claims to offer a comprehensive list of “exemplary” apps and iBooks focused on English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies.

“The App Store includes many apps designed to help build literacy and language skills… These textbooks feature video, interactive images, a glossary and dictionary, search capability, and the ability to highlight text and add notes,” the document states. “Also available is a wide range of literature including required reading and Common Core Text Exemplars.”

Despite the growing backlash against Common Core among parents and educators, theincreasing number of schools obtaining iPads through federal grants will likely keep Apple from disassociating itself from the curriculum.

“Considering what a tangled web Common Core has become, you would think big names like Apple would distance themselves from it, but perhaps the prize is too profitable for some to ignore,” EAG News’ Danette Clark notes.

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