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Thursday, August 15, 2013

Smart Girl Politics Is All Over Common Core - So Over

From Smart Girl Politics

Diane Durdaller led a panel discussion with Marcia Chambliss of Smart Girl Politics, Joy Pullmann of the Heartland Institute, and Rosa Leonetti. The panel discussed the topic: "Common Core - What's Happening to Our Schools?" The panelists reviewed the recent history of America's top-down education policy from the 70s through No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top, and now Common Core. After this overview, they discussed activist strategies to slow down this national jump into yet another public/private partnership unanswerable to the taxpayers who fund it.

More about Marcia Chambliss:
https://twitter.com/MarciaChambliss

More about Joy Pullman:
https://twitter.com/JoyPullmann

More about Rosa Leonetti:
https://twitter.com/smartinnj

More about Diane Durdaller:
https://twitter.com/DianeDurdaller

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