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Common Core State Standards

Special | 26m 46s

How can we better prepare our kids to compete in the global economy?

The goal of the Common Core State Standards is to establish national education guidelines in order to prepare today’s youth to better compete in the global economy. Politically, it unites and divides members from both the left and the right. What is Common Core and why is it controversial?

09/08/2013 | Rating TV-G

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Common Core State Standards

Special | 26m 46s

The goal of the Common Core State Standards is to establish national education guidelines in order to prepare today’s youth to better compete in the global economy. Politically, it unites and divides members from both the left and the right. What is Common Core and why is it controversial?

09/08/2013 | Rating TV-G

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