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Common Core

Many of these sites are no longer active but represent the push-back across the country over Common Core State Standards still found in classrooms today.

Common Core: Education Without Representation started when three moms met in Utah to speak against Common Core. The website includes many writings about Common Core but is no longer active.

Common Core [sic] Standards is a special section on Susan Ohanian’s website that provides information about problems with Common Core State Standards.

Florida Stop Common Core Coalition is no longer an active group fighting Common Core in Florida through legislative updates and other means.

Georgians to Stop Common Core If you live in Georgia, this Facebook page cared about the problematic Common Core State Standards in your child’s school, but it’s no longer active.

Hoosiers Against Common Core The website focused primarily on the Common Core and the PARCC test, local control of education, quality standards, teachers’ ability to practice their profession, and reducing the emphasis on high-stakes testing. It’s no longer active.

Public Schools Central was “a site dedicated to the United States public school system: examining the impact of the Common Core, the free market, and privatization on education.

StopCommonCoreNYS posts many up-to-date anti-Common Core articles relevant not only to New York State but also to the country, but the site is no longer active.

Documentary

Building the Machine – The Common Core Documentary.

Books

Children of the Core by Kris L. Nielson

Common Core Dilemma: Who Owns Our Schools? by Mercedes K. Schneider

Common Core: National Education Standards and the Threat to Democracy by Nicholas Tampio

No Choice, No Voice: Something’s Rotten to the Core by Karen Lamoreaux

The Origins of the Common Core: How the Free Market Became Public Education Policy Deborah Duncan Owens

 

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