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What are Common Core Standards?

I have standards, sure. But I'm not common. (And my core could use some work, too.) So what are common core standards?

The Common Core Standards are educational standards that help schools prepare their students for college and beyond.

With the help of nuclear physicists and elves, Shmoop translates into normal human English the true meaning of each of these standards, and helps you apply them effectively to your lessons.

Go Ahead, Give it a shot

Unless you live in a state where the Common Core is naught