Here are some useful and informative websites:
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What is Common Core – A boatload of information. These ladies from UT are all over it!
http://whatiscommoncore.wordpress.com/2014/02/15/what-is-common-core-101/
The guest post on this site “A Mother Speaks Out: Children for Sale” was one of the first blog posts I read about Common Core.
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Pennsylvanians Against Common Core: PA’s own group battling Common Core:
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Utahns Against Common Core – The Motherload from Utah!
http://www.utahnsagainstcommoncore.com/source-documents-for-common-core/
So much research is on this site, including this excellent 16 page handout to give to your legislators and anyone else you want to wake up:
What the State Office of Education Isn’t Telling You About Common Core
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Truth in American Education: Great site for information and news from all over the country:
http://truthinamericaneducation.com
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The Home School Legal Defense Assn has an excellent analysis of Common Core:
http://www.hslda.org/commoncore/
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PA’s own Peg Luksik’s site includes her Common Core presentations, which are a must see:
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Diane Ravitch’s, who was once part of the Reformy Reformers movement:
http://dianeravitch.net/category/common-core/
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Peter Greene is a teacher from PA who writes about the absurd world of education reform, including Common Core, on his funny and informative blog:
http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/