<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[LL1885]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://ladyliberty1885.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[A.P. Dillon]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://ladyliberty1885.com/author/ladyliberty1885/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[NC Enters Year 4 of  Common Core and Reading Retention for 3rd Graders Increases&nbsp;Statewide]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[The headline at the News and Observer reads, "More NC third graders retained for poor reading".
File this one under: Things I saw Coming And Was Called Crazy For.
We are in year four of Common Core. Supporters of the standards promised us flying cars or something... 

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