Miscellaneous
It seems more and more people are turning to social media these days to vent their opinions on everything from hamburgers to education. With the latter, one hot topic over the past year has been the Common Core State Standards. But how does the conversation on the Twitterverse actually influence policy decisions? Jonathan Supovitz and Alan Daly of the Consortium for Policy Research in Education are studying just that and are out with a new website (www.hashtagcommoncore.com) that strives to break it all down.