When my kids were starting school, I looked it up, just to get an idea of what was being taught these days. Each state had its own web page with the standards l

When my kids were starting school, I looked it up, just to get an idea of what was being taught these days. Each state had its own web page with the standards laid out in outline fashion. Common Core looked very much like what I had learned in school myself. I think Common Core just gave people an easy focal point of attack, like publishing the salaries of teachers.