How did the Common Core practically become law with almost zero public discussion?
Sounds like Obamacare.
“How did the Common Core practically become law with almost zero public discussion?”
When the states signed on, they got some cash from Obama’s “Race to the Top” program. That, and there are some who have wanted a national school system for years- and Common Core is a large step toward that. Common Core was cooked up outside the Federal government, which fooled some people into believing it is benign, but if the Feds encourage it with bribes it can’t be a good thing. Federal influence in education (which is a matter for states and local government) is a persistent danger to liberty. As I teach my students, one of the first things the Nazis did in Germany was to defederalize it- make it into a national entity with a national school system. Attempts to make one here should be resisted, even if they seem to be harmless.