While advocates insist that the Common Core was «state - led,» it's fairer to say it was conceived by inside - the - Beltway nonprofits, foisted upon the states by federal bribes, and kept in place
by federal coercion.
NSBA supports high academic standards, including Common Core standards, that are voluntarily adopted
by states with local school board input and free from
federal direction,
federal mandates, funding conditions or
coercion.