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Following Indiana’s lead, state legislatures in Oklahoma, South Carolina and Missouri have approved measures to exit and replace the national standards and tests known as Common Core. A proposal in Oklahoma would repeal Common Core and replace it with new standards developed by the state board of education. In the interim, Oklahoma’s prior state standards,…
Before long, the House Select Committee on Benghazi will start its work. At The Heritage Foundation yesterday, a panel of experts discussed the challenges facing the committee and the numerous areas of inquiry the committee will need to investigate. The idea that all questions on Benghazi have been answered is manifestly wrong. The administration has…
Common Core’s national standards are an effort to define what every child in the nation should learn to be considered “college and career ready.” But content matter experts have serious concerns about the impact Common Core will have on the rigor of college-level work down the road. According to a Pioneer Institute study, “Lowing the…