Chicago Teachers Union opposes Common Core

Chicago Teachers Union opposes Common Core
Chicago Teachers Union opposes Common Core

Chicago Teachers Union opposes Common Core

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The Chicago’s Teachers Union has voted to oppose new learning standards that are supposed to be in force in math and English classrooms throughout the city. These are known as the Common Core State Standards. They were adopted in 2010 by Illinois, and Chicago schools have been putting them into place. WBEZ’s Linda Lutton joins us to tell us why we’re seeing this backlash to the standards. For the full story, go to: http://www.wbez.org/news/education/chicago-teachers-union-votes-oppose-common-core-110152 (Photo: Flickr/ajari)