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Common Core Not-So Craziness

by Michael Q. McShane - August 01, 2013

In many areas, discussion of the Common Core standards has degraded into the talk of conspiracy theorists. This troubling development has overshadowed the very real concerns with implementing the standards that advocates need to address. This article, after dispatching the conspiracy wing-nuttery, outlines several lingering questions regarding the Common Core with the hopes of sparking a more productive discussion of this enormous undertaking.

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Michael McShane American Enterprise Institute E-mail Author MICHAEL Q. MCSHANE is a Research Fellow in Education Policy Studies at The American Enterprise Institute.

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