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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

#StopCommonCore Twitter Rally Part Deux | Truth in American Education

#StopCommonCore Twitter Rally Part Deux | Truth in American Education:


#StopCommonCore Twitter Rally Part Deux

Parent Led Reform (@parentledreform) is graciously hosting our 2nd #StopCommonCore Twitter Rally.  Our follow-up rally is this Thursday, May 2nd at 9:00p (EDT)/8:00p (CDT). 
The #StopCommonCore Twitter Rally is a collaborative project in partnership with Truth In American Education(@TruthinAmEd), and designed to share the research diligently collected by parents and citizens concerned about the government’s push for national common standards in education.  This rally is an encore of the
April 16th #StopCommonCore Twitter event, which reached 2,493,308 Twitter users.
“We are thrilled about the amazing turnout to share awareness of the concerns of Common Core Standards,” said Karin Piper, spokesperson for Parent Led Reform. “Parent Led Reform opposes a lock-step approach to education that takes the focus away from the student and decisions away from the parent and so pleased to work in collaboration with organizations, parents, educators and citizens across the country to share these