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Common Core Standards: It’s all about the money | Seattle Education

Common Core Standards: It’s all about the money | Seattle Education:

Common Core Standards: It’s all about the money

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From Truth in American Education:
Textbook Publishers Being “In It For The Money” Isn’t a Real Surprise
James O’Keefe, a conservative activist who runs an organization called Project Veritas, is well known for undercover video work he has done in the past. He has turned his attention to the Common Core State Standards.  The subject of his first video is Dianne Barrow who is a former accounts manager for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
“I’m in it to sell books. Don’t even kid yourself for a heartbeat,” Barrow told an undercover representative of Project Veritas.
“It’s all about the money. What are you, crazy? It’s all about the money,” Barrow added. “You don’t think that the educational publishing companies are in it for Common Core Standards: It’s all about the money | Seattle Education: