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FrankRep
04-13-2013, 09:05 PM
Nebraska looking into Common Core standards (http://www.norfolkdailynews.com/news/local/nebraska-looking-into-common-core-standards/article_a63f0f6e-a441-11e2-89aa-001a4bcf6878.html)


Norfolk Daily News
April 13, 2013



The Nebraska State Board of Education (http://www.education.ne.gov/StateBoard/) in March made the decision to begin an alignment study of the current state standards and the Common Core standards. Common Core is an education initiative that seeks to bring each state's curricula into alignment with each other.

Sen. Jim Scheer of Norfolk, vice chairman of the Education Committee in the Nebraska Legislature, recently introduced Legislative Bill 512, which would allow the state board of education to vote to adopt Common Core standards if it so choses, instead of leaving it up to the Legislature.

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Ben Swann: The Truth Behind "Common Core" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrpjiywhSQU)
Reality Check - Apr 03, 2013


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrpjiywhSQU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrpjiywhSQU



It is called 'Common Core' and the idea behind it is reasonable.

States working together to create national standards for education.

Standards that are 'designed to be robust and relevant to the real world'.

Sounds good, so why is there growing opposition in Ohio and around the country to Common Core?

Ben has the Reality Check you won't see anywhere else.

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Background on Common Core:


Opposition to Obama-backed National Education Scheme Grows (http://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/14756-opposition-to-obama-backed-national-education-scheme-grows)

Obama Bribes States to Adopt National Education Curriculum (http://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/14036-obama-bribes-states-to-adopt-national-education-curriculum)

Obama's "Common Core of Standards": Final Step in Phony School Reform (http://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/330-obamas-common-core-of-standards-final-step-in-phony-school-reform)

Who's Behind the Common Core Curriculum? (http://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/13412-whos-behind-the-common-core-curriculum)

Will Common Core Standards Solve the Reading Problem? (http://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/13077-will-common-core-standards-solve-the-reading-problem)

CFR Task Force Calls for Education Reform (http://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/12235-cfr-task-force-calls-for-education-reform)

Federalized Progressive Education Marches On (http://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/13044-federalized-progressive-education-marches-on)

The Race to 
Centralize Education (http://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/224-the-race-to-centralize-education)

Government Schools Are Bad for Your Kids (http://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/books/item/6405-government-schools-are-bad-for-your-kids)

A Short History of Government Education (http://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/10753-a-short-history-of-government-education)