The Mercury News – Bill Barrow and Kimberly Hefling
“In the political uproar over Common Core, various myths are peddled as fact. Do the learning standards really mean the federal government is serving as a “national school board,” as Sen. Marco Rubio says? That’s hard to square with the reality that the standards were developed by governors and state education leaders. Should leaders “repeal every word of Common Core,” as Sen. Ted Cruz demands? Actually there’s no federal law — or even federal program — to repeal. Sen. Rand Paul slams “rotten to the core” propaganda forced on children by an initiative that has no curriculum at all.”(more)