The Common Core education standards have been criticized for many reasons, not all of them legitimate. Among other things, Common Core is sometimes denounced for teaching students about Islam or offering them new methods of learning math.

With all the misinformation about Common Core, it’s worth looking into what the national version of the standards actually say. Then you can judge for yourself which criticisms are valid and which are unfounded.

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