#1: Common Core is not at all the same thing as a core curriculum.

Core curriculum, as defined by the College Board:

"four or more years of English, three or more years of mathematics, three or more years of natural science, and three or more years of social science and history"

The Common Core is a lengthy set of educational standards--"what students should know and be able to do in each subject in each grade." Whatever its advantages or disadvantages--and it is a popular conservative *and liberal* whipping boy at the moment-- it is not at all the same as what the CB is referring to here, and Richwine knows this. Yet we get this from him:

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Still another is that more college-ready students completed a “core curriculum.” (Guess who will be selling tests based on the Common Core national standards.)

No. Misleading.