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‘Firestorm’ over new school standards embroils Republican lawmakers

Ben Giles//March 22, 2013//

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‘Firestorm’ over new school standards embroils Republican lawmakers

‘Firestorm’ over new school standards embroils Republican lawmakers

Ben Giles//March 22, 2013//

As Arizona ramps up efforts to invest in Common Core, a tide of opposition has defeated one of the first legislative efforts to implement the new education standards by likening...

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