What Really Happened In Last Week’s State House Vote On Common Core?

Common Core supporters and opponents pack a legislative committee hearing on the standards, in September of last year. Image: Blake Farmer/WPLN

WPLN’s Bradley George talks about what happened with Tom Humphrey, State Capitol reporter for the Knoxville News-Sentinel.

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[box] Lawmakers in Tennessee and other states have been fighting over the education standards known as Common Core. At their simplest, they’re a set of things kids are supposed to know at certain grade levels. But, for complicated reasons, both sides of the political spectrum have problems with Common Core. In the Tennessee House last week, the fight boiled over.  [/box]