science and social studies, and jñcfmh it's connected to federally funded tests, the park test and sbacis why this is about curriculum. the other misconception people adopted the common core. you can only say voluntary if somebody mugged you and then, ifpa you'd like your money back, all you have to do is give me your >b2dÑwñ car and you then have voluntary 1íi given your car, then you can say it is voluntary.btcp the reality is the federal government first said in 2009 if you wanted part of $4.35 ély ñ billion, the race to the top, you had to, among other things, ;úqhÑ adopt the common core.,%:nw) then they said, if you want a bk waiver out of the no child left behind act -- and almost every state wanted a waiver -- you only had two standards options.!ytíy either the common core which almo)ery state had already promised to adopt to try to get s race to the top money or you could have your state -- or a state college universityw system certify your standards as college and career ready. so the reality )@1ey what common core actually is, is it's very much curriculum standards, not just s