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Are states losing common ground on Common Core?

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Common Core was invented by 45 state governors to raise educational standards for math and reading

while maintaining local control.

But when Washington stepped in with monetary incentives, Red State Conservatives saw federal

control and denounced Common Core as Obama Corps. Now, would-be GOP presidential candidates are lining up

on both sides, and some blue state progressives are also opposed to what

they call overtesting. We'll update the movement to repeal and replace Common Core. Today's

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Program Fund. Hello again, we're not only back with To the Point. Education standards called

Common Core were conceived at the state level, but they're being denounced as another example of

federal overreach. How did that happen?

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