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To: Grams A

Your tax money....

Sept 18 2013
Tennessee district spends $5.2M to align with Common Core standards

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/09/18/tennessee-school-district-spends-52m-on-technology-to-align-with-common-core/

The new Common Core standards being implemented in states around the country are bringing unforeseen expenses to local districts, like a Tennessee city that had to BORROW $5.2 million to buy iPads and laptops for kids as young as kindergarten.


61 posted on 09/20/2013 9:12:25 PM PDT by Whenifhow
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To: Whenifhow

Do the Common Core enforcers have their own SWAT teams, yet? Just wondering since every other federal program seems to have one now a days.


69 posted on 09/20/2013 9:29:16 PM PDT by wintertime
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