State legislatures see rise in bills targeting Common Core

By Glynis Kazanjian | Maryland Reporter

State legislatures will double their efforts this year to change, slow down or outright repeal Common Core, the new standards-based education curriculum that 45 states and the District of Columbia began adopting in 2010.

Several bills working their way through the Maryland General Assembly this session are part of this trend.

In 2013 and in 2012, 20 percent of Common Core related bills in other states sought to change the controversial curriculum. This year that number will rise to 40 percent, said Daniel Thatcher, an education analyst with the National Conference of State Legislatures who is studying the issue.

Thatcher said the number of Common Core bills introduced in statehouses across the nation increased from a modest 42 in 2011 to what will likely be over 400 in 2014. This year, 233 bills have been introduced and another 100 have yet to be entered.

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