The Common Core Helps Close Achievement Gaps, Open Doors to STEM Jobs, New Fact Sheet from CAP and AAUW Illustrates

Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 28, 2014.  The Common Core State Standards are an important tool for closing achievement gaps for girls and women—particularly girls and women of color. The Common Core can open the door to high-paying jobs in science, technology, engineering, and math, or STEM, fields, a new fact sheet from the Center for American Progress and American Association of University Women, or AAUW, illustrates.