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Why states are beginning to drop Common Core standards

Clip: 4/11/2014 | 9m 50s

Jeffrey Brown gets two views on the potential repeal from Oklahoma State Representatives.

Oklahoma has become the latest state to move toward repealing the Common Core national education standards. Once the subject of bipartisan support, the standards are facing criticism from the left and right. Jeffrey Brown gets two views on the potential repeal from Oklahoma State Representatives Jason Nelson (R) and Emily Virgin (D).

04/11/2014 | Rating NR

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