Hundreds of opponents of the Common Core, including Sue Lile of Carmel, rallied against the academic standards at the Statehouse in January.
The Common Core State Standards, which spell out what K-12 students should learn in school, are at the center of a heated debate: Who should control public education? What do students really need to know? Let's separate fact from fiction to figure out what's at stake.
1. The Common Core is a federal takeover of public education that imposes a national curriculum.
It isn't and it doesn't - though it has substantial support from the Obama administration, verging on coercion. ...