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Indiana Becomes First State To Back Out Of Common Core
NPR ^ | March 24, 2014 | Eyder Peralta

Posted on 03/26/2014 8:17:12 AM PDT by Abathar

With the stroke of Gov. Mike Pence's pen, Indiana became the first state to back off implementing a set of national standards for grade-school education.

The standards, known as Common Core, had been adopted by 45 states, but have lately unleashed a political fight that blurs party lines.

"'I believe our students are best served when decisions about education are made at the state and local level,' said Pence in a release about Senate Bill 91.

" 'By signing this legislation, Indiana has taken an important step forward in developing academic standards that are written by Hoosiers, for Hoosiers, and are uncommonly high, and I commend members of the General Assembly for their support,' he said.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: billgates; commoncore; indiana; jebbush; mikepence; nocommoncore; un; yesterday
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To: stanne

Thanks for the very enlightening link.


41 posted on 03/27/2014 4:11:43 AM PDT by wita
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To: Grandma Conservative

Thanks for the attempt grandma. I didn’t want to make a big issue of the rest of the story, and Stanne had a very good link that added to the history of the common core. So, all in all a good thread. Ultimately it is up to PARENTS.

A grandpa


42 posted on 03/27/2014 4:21:01 AM PDT by wita
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