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Friday, January 25, 2013

Missouri Education Watchdog: Common Core Standards and Martin Luther King

Missouri Education Watchdog: Common Core Standards and Martin Luther King:


Common Core Standards and Martin Luther King

Add this phrase: COMMON IS EXCEPTIONAL


I received the email below from a teacher about the President's inauguration, Martin Luther King and Common Core standards:  

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This week, President Obama will be sworn into office as the 45th President of the United States of America. As a history teacher, I was elated to learn he would be placing his hand on two Bibles, one belonging to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the other belonging to President Abraham Lincoln, when he takes the oath of office to lead our great nation. Dr. King and President Lincoln helped define civil rights