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Common Core

Summary

Common Core is a set of educational standards for K-12 mathematics and English language arts, developed with federal support under the Obama administration and adopted by most states, that became a major political controversy.

Core Contribution

Attempted to standardize academic expectations across US states; triggered a significant parental and conservative backlash that fueled the school choice and parents' rights movements.

Key Spikes & Highlights

  • education standards
  • federal education
  • parental rights
  • culture war

Historical Influences

Arne Duncan Race to the Top education reform consensus

Intellectual Lineage

Obama education policy Arne Duncan education reform movement

Contemporaries & Peers

Race to the Top No Child Left Behind

Minds Influenced

Parental rights movement school choice advocacyeducation culture wars

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