As Common Core Testing Is Ushered In, Parents And Students Opt Out

By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS, NY Times: Local
Sun, 03/01/2015 - 5:29am

On Monday, public school students in New Jersey will begin to take standardized tests that are opposed by an unusually diverse coalition of enemies.

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