{"id":171,"date":"2013-12-03T18:00:37","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T18:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/test.neurecall.com:8888\/blog\/?p=171"},"modified":"2025-06-06T15:52:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T15:52:35","slug":"common-core-stimulus-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syngli.com\/blog\/common-core-stimulus-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Core Stimulus Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/12\/03\/common-core-questions_n_4378643.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Huffington Post<\/em> article<\/a>, Adrienne Lu reports that the Obama administration has spent \u201c$438 million of economic stimulus funding into developing standardized tests aligned to the Common Core and has strongly encouraged states to adopt \u201ccollege- and career-ready standards\u201d in the competitive grant program Race to the Top and through No Child Left Behind, which outlines consequences for schools that do not meet goals\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.syngli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/logan-voss-QVw-c5U-Sbs-unsplash.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-id=\"2047\" src=\"https:\/\/www.syngli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/logan-voss-QVw-c5U-Sbs-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2047\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.syngli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/logan-voss-QVw-c5U-Sbs-unsplash.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.syngli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/logan-voss-QVw-c5U-Sbs-unsplash-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.syngli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/logan-voss-QVw-c5U-Sbs-unsplash-120x68.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@loganvoss?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Logan Voss<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/a-picture-of-a-spiral-design-on-a-white-background-QVw-c5U-Sbs?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Unsplash<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Questions Answered Regarding the Common Core<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>The post answers several questions regarding the Common Core:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What is the Common Core?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If the states chose to adopt, why are people getting so riled up about them now?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Was this\u00a0mandated by the federal government?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How does Common Core compare with the states\u2019 previous standards? 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