Poll: Majority of Americans Have Never Heard of Common Core | TheBlaze.com

Close to two-thirds of the American public doesn’t know what Common Core is, according to a recent poll. The Obama administration has been pushing the education initiative that seeks to achieve a core curriculum in the nation’s schools, despite strong resistance from several states.

The poll found that 62 percent of respondents had never heard of Common Core, and even among parents with children in public schools K-12, only 45 percent of parents had heard of it.

Students in kindergarten through third grade throughout the Hazleton Area School District participated in a four-day Kids University program held this past week at the Ninth Grade Center in Hazle Township near Hazleton, PA. During the event, students read aloud books written by Gail Gibbons while working together to complete projects, learn creative writing techniques and participate in hands-on learning stations sparking imagination and creativity while targeting the Common Core Academic Standards. Credit: AP

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