Blog Poll: Parents Turn on Common Core Share This Post Education / National News Poll: Parents Turn on Common Core By redkudzu_admin on October 28th 2014 No Comments / 239 views U.S. News and World Report By Allie BidwellOct. 28, 2014 | 9:12 a.m. EDT The more parents hear about the Common Core State Standards, the less they like them. A new Gallup poll shows that while the number of parents familiar with Common Core has remained steady since April – the last time parents were polled – an increasing number of public school parents view the standards negatively. The poll, which was conducted Sept. 16-17 and sampled 532 parents, found 35 percent of parents view the standards negatively, up from 28 percent in April. The number of parents who view them positively dropped from 35 percent in April to 33 percent, while those who had no opinion or had not heard of the standards dropped from 37 percent to 32 percent. Read more … Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment. Login with: Continue with Facebook Continue with Google Continue with Twitter Common Core Share This Post redkudzu_admin The goal of this site is to give information. Whether from national sites or locally in Georgia. Related Articles Common Core Nightmare: Homeschooling is on the Rise, and Big Brother is Watching March 8th 2014 COMMON CORE FUNDS THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD March 1st 2015 How the ‘New Math’ is Ruining Education December 26th 2016