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THE
CORE
memorize multiplication tables.
(In the end, the Core says they
must know both.)
Throughout the writing process, they solicited feedback
from teachers. At one point, the
math standards writers met with
a group of teachers from across
the country to discuss a draft.
“When we entered the room, we
noticed the entire walk was covered with strips of paper,” Linn
wrote in a chapter of a recently
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published book about the Common Core. “The teachers had
literally cut up all the standards
and reordered them where they
thought they made sense.”
Content experts also looked at
each draft, and the writing teams
used their comments to revise
the standards further. State officials and national organizations
affiliated with the effort also had
input, while outside experts conducted their own reviews.
The writers incorporated all
these opinions, at the same time
striving to prevent the Common
Last April,
Rand Paul
(pictured)
was among a
group of eight
right-wing
U.S. senators
who wrote a
public letter
lashing out
against the
Common
Core.