When the Common Core State Standards were finalized and released almost three years ago, there wasn’t much fanfare outside the education community.In recent months, opposition across the nation — and in Georgia — has coalesced. Opponents have said the Common Core standards are a federal “intrusion” or “takeover” of public education, cited concerns about the collection of student-level data and accused the federal government of “indoctrinating” students by rewriting key concepts of American history. Officials in the Bulloch County school system, which has invested a significant amount of time and money integrating the new standards into its classrooms, are watching the developments with concern.Gov.
Local school officials warily watch Common Core debate
District invested $75,000, many training hours in implementing new standards


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