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The Common Core bait-and-switch, funded by your taxes

By Joy Pullmann
Published February 4, 2014 5:00am ET
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The Common Core bait-and-switch, funded by your taxes
Common Core supporters know many voters and politicians dislike federal meddling with education, because it is not authorized by the Constitution, is utterly ineffective and destroys the right of parents to bring up their children as they see fit. (Thinkstock) | Petro Feketa

A key argument for the Common Core national curriculum and testing mandates is the promise that they are “voluntary” and “state-led,” in the words of Education Secretary Arne Duncan.

Odd, then, that the feds are spending at least $9.9 million for Common Core public relations, as my recent investigation showed.

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