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Sunday, March 30, 2014

Indiana Kicks Common Core Out

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is pursuing making the possession of even ...

The Common Core victories keep coming.
First the Tennessee Legislature took big steps at weakening the education takeover. Now Indiana has gone from federal standards to a state-based curriculum. The state rejected Common Core standards.
This was a tremendous victory for grassroots activists and more importantly, the kids. For months, conservatives in Indiana told their lawmakers to kick Common Core out of Indiana. Not only did the State Legislature listen, Governor Mike Pence also got the message: top-down standards for education leave kids worse off.  
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Grassroots activists got on the phone and made their elected officials listen. They defeated Common Core by not giving up, and making the case for locally-controlled education.
Hoosiers’ rejection of Common Core could open the floodgates for more states to opt out. That’s why we need to celebrate this victory and thank Governor Pence. His leadership was a key factor in stopping the education takeover.

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