The Common Core State Standards Initiative is an educational initiative in the  United States .... Though the Common Core State Standards do not cover  science and social studies content .... taking from, putting together, taking apart,  and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, ...... New York State Education  Department.
State school chiefs and governors recognized the value of consistent, ... English ( NCTE), among other organizations were instrumental in bringing together  teachers .... 45 states, the Department of Defense Education Activity, Washington  D.C., ...
Jun 7, 2014 ... How Bill Gates pulled off the swift Common Core revolution ... and structure for  states to work together on common standards in a .... “I wish there was a lot of  competition, in terms of [other] people who put tens of millions of dollars into how  ... Jay P. Greene, head of the Department of Education Reform at the ...
Feb 27, 2014 ... For some, the Common Core State Standards seemed to come from ... So  Napolitano created a task force – composed of commissioners of education,  governors, ... and the nonprofit education reform group Achieve – came together  to ... they're finding out they need to be put in a remedial English class?".
Aug 27, 2014 ... Jindal also accused the department and Education Secretary Arne Duncan of ...  latest effort by big government disciples to strip away state rights and put  Washington, ... The standards are not curriculum; decisions about what school  districts ... with a bipartisan group of governors and state education chiefs.
The Common Core was not put together by the Department of Education in Washington. It was put together by governors and by states.