How the feds shoved Common Core down the throats of America’s citizens

‘Defenders of the Common Core education standards, including GOP presidential contender Jeb Bush and most of the Democratic candidates, are quick to point out that rather than a centralized sneak attack on states’ rights, the standards were themselves the product of states.

Born of an initiative stemming from former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano during her tenure as Arizona governor and head of the National Governor’s Association, the standards are “nothing short of an exhaustive and collaborative years-long effort aimed at raising the achievement levels of students across the country,” according to U.S. News & World Report.

In other words, states themselves and not the federal Department of Education came up with them.’

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