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Common Core Standards: A Movie | Seattle Education

Common Core Standards: A Movie | Seattle Education:



Common Core Standards: A Movie

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This film was produced by Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA). According to the website:
Home School Legal Defense Association is a nonprofit advocacy organization established to defend and advance the constitutional right of parents to direct the education of their children and to protect family freedoms. Through annual memberships, HSLDA is tens of thousands of families united in service together, providing a strong voice when and where needed.

Watch this film and decide for yourself.
The introduction to this film:
WHAT IS THE COMMON CORE?
The Common Core is the largest systemic reform of American public education in recent history. What started as a collaboration between the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers to reevaluate and nationalize America’s education standards has become one of the most controversial—and yet, unheard of—issues in the American public.
In 2010, 45 states adopted the Common Core, but according to a May 2013 Gallup Poll, 62% of Americans said they had never heard of the Common  Common Core Standards: A Movie | Seattle Education: