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Common Core Sex Education, like history and science, is part of the National Common Core Standards

Do you, the parents and community, know the who, what, when, where and how sex education is being introduced and what is being taught. I'd suggest you read what is when and what is being taught to your kids.

And before you say, “We won’t allow it in our schools. We will go to the school board.” Local control is gone. On page 6, “Specifically, the National Sexuality Education Standards were developed to address the inconsistent implementation of sexuality education nationwide and the limited time allocated to teaching the topic.” The whole idea behind Common Core is to create universal standards.

I wanted to know who would think they know what information was appropriate and at what age my child should learn this “appropriate” information. Here’s what I found out about a few of those on the Advisory Committee. I’ll let you research the rest

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