Still Concerned About the Common Core?

Do you still have questions about the Common Core State Standards - not the tests, the standards? Ever wonder what Canada is doing differently from the US in how it structures it educational system and how its students are rated on international comparisons using tests like PISA?

Tom Burns, BOCES Superintendent in the St. Lawrence/Lewis County region, was interview recently about the CCSS and about his visits to the Ottawa-Carlton school system in Canada.
See:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivxGvlTX4e8

In this North Country Matters (NCM) Interview, Mr. Burns updates the public and discusses  the CCSS and how the public schools in Ottawa-Carlton are doing with their version the Common Core.