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The federal government doesn't dictate common core. You're either uninformed or using alternative facts.
by plandis 10y ago
The federal government doesn't dictate common core. You're either uninformed or using alternative facts.
- tlb 10y agoThey did, until recently. Until 12/2015 the federal department of education withheld some funding from schools that didn't use it. The situation is explained more fully here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Core_State_Standards_Initiative#Adoption https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Core_State_Standards_In....
- vkou 10y agoThat means that they endorsed it, but they didn't write it. In a criminal trial, a judge endorses (and enforces) a jury's verdict, but he doesn't dictate it.