Proper noun
Common Core
(US) The Common Core State Standards Initiative, an effort to provide standards to evaluate achievement among US primary and secondary school students in basic subjects and thereby facilitate and motivate teaching of those subjects.
Bush is totally in favor of Common Core. I don't see how he can possibly get the nomination. He's weak on immigration. He's in favor of Common Core. How the hell can you vote for this guy? You just can't do it. We have to end - education has to be local. Donald Trump
Common Core is a big win for education. Bill Gates
There certainly are some good aspects to Common Core. Randy Hultgren
His proposed to allow states to opt-out of the Common Core standards while keeping federal funding became a law in 2015. Source: Internet
A new set of academic standards developed to replace states’ individually designed learning goals, the Common Core math standards are like earlier math reforms, only further refined and more ambitious. Source: Internet
But when Tea Party activists deemed the Common Core an example of federal overreach last year, Republican Gov. Rick Scott asked for a review of the benchmarks and a series of public hearings on the issue. Source: Internet