GONNA HAVE TO CHANGE THE NAME TO "THE REAGAN RULES":

Many Americans are confused about the Common Core State Standards, according to a new poll that finds widespread misperceptions that the academic standards -- which cover only math and reading -- extend to topics such as sex education, evolution, global warming and the American Revolution.

A 55 percent majority said the Common Core covers at least two subjects that it does not, according to the survey that Fairleigh Dickinson University conducted and funded. Misperceptions were widespread, including among both supporters and opponents of the program and peaking among those who say they are paying the most attention to the standards. [...]

A significant portion of respondents -- 42 percent -- offered no opinion. The wide uncertainty is unsurprising for an issue that large swaths of the public, not having children in school, has ignored. Just more than half of respondents said they've heard "just a little" or "nothing at all."

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