SALT LAKE CITY —
Common Core opponents took their long-simmering fight over Utah's school
standards straight to the State Capitol Wednesday as a standing-room-only crowd
of more than 450 people gathered in the Hall of Governors to voice their
concerns. But most of the comments
shared were less concerned with the content of the standards themselves – which
define the minimum skills a student should learn in each grade – than the
collaborative process that created them.
"It wouldn’t
matter whether these standards were straight out of the 10 commandments,"
said former U.S. congressional candidate Cherilyn Eagar. "Where is the
legal and constitutional authority for the unelected to fund and create
standards for the states and then call it state-led?"....To Read More....
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