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Education reformists are, once again, wailing and gnashing teeth as the Trump administration’s proposed budget for 2018 eliminates a number of programs funded through the Department of Education. Two of…

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How a GOP Congress Quietly Imposed Common Core on the Entire Country

February 2, 2016
Jane Robbins

After a long absence, education policy has reclaimed a prominent role in the national and state campaign discourse. What’s more, parents — not a particular party or candidate — are…

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Obama Administration Reveals GOP Leaders’ Betrayal on Common Core in Ed Bill

December 21, 2015
Emmett McGroarty

Anti-Common Core activists tried for months to warn Congress that the new federal education bill (the Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA) was a disaster that would cement, not overturn,…

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