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Common Core Meeting Today 1/18/2014 in Lafayette
Posted on January 18, 2014
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There is a Common Core meeting being held in Lafayette today as 12:30 at the Park Plaza, 201 Energy Parkway on the 3rd floor. This meeting is being hosted by Louisiana Parents Against Common Core.
You can contact them on Facebook or via e-mail for more information or to stay in touch regardless of whether you are able to make this event.
They are a good group of folks and they will be able to answer your questions and give you direction on what you can do in your community to fight Common Core.
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Please consider attending this event if you are curious about the reasons many folks are opposed to the Common Core State Standards initiative. Common Core is not just something that impacts public schools; most private schools have already adopted Common Core, have plans to, or will be forced to in the coming years. Many of the claims made by Common Core supporters will be addressed by this Forum
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