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How to Keep All of Huck Finn in the Classroom
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Common Core, the new national standards for math and English language arts, is a rarity in U.S. public life: a federal undertaking with bipartisan support.
Developed by the National Governors Association and Council of Chief State School Officers, it has been adopted by 45 states. It has the support of the Barack Obama administration and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and Randi Weingarten of the American Federation of Teachers.