Letter: New Georgia school standards are just Common Core with a new name - Gainesville Times

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Letter: New Georgia school standards are just Common Core with a new name

A school bus leaves Mundy Mill Academy to drop off students at the end of the school day in Gainesville, on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. - photo by David Barnes

12172017 CHOICE 0002.jpg — A school bus leaves Mundy Mill Academy to drop off students at the end of the school day in Gainesville, on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. - photo by David Barnes

After much research on the downfalls of Common Core, I was pleased to discover that, according to the Georgia Department of Education, as of 2015 Common Core was no longer a mandate in Georgia.