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Lawmakers move to kill Common Core standards in Arizona

Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services//February 19, 2015//

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Lawmakers move to kill Common Core standards in Arizona

Lawmakers move to kill Common Core standards in Arizona

Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services//February 19, 2015//

Diane Douglas State lawmakers are moving to do what schools chief Diane Douglas has so far been unable: Kill the Common Core academic standards and any...

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Tags: Mark Finchem, Garrick Taylor, Diane Douglas, elimination, HB2246, blocking, Reginald Bolding, state board of education, House Education Committee, Heather Kays, Common Core, AZMERIT, Jay Lawrence, SABRINA VAZQUEZ, Steve Tully, John Ackerley, PARC, Mary O'Grady, Arizona, HB2190

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