{"id":15670,"date":"2014-06-19T09:37:52","date_gmt":"2014-06-19T13:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=15670"},"modified":"2026-07-12T04:26:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T11:26:34","slug":"christian-homeschooling-families-lead-fight-against-common-core-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/christian-homeschooling-families-lead-fight-against-common-core-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Homeschooling Families Lead Fight Against \u2018Common Core\u2019 Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-15674\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/bigstock-Back-To-Schoool-968687-400x600.jpg\" alt=\"Back To Schoool\" width=\"162\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/bigstock-Back-To-Schoool-968687-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/bigstock-Back-To-Schoool-968687-466x700.jpg 466w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 162px) 100vw, 162px\" \/>By Garrett Haley<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong> Christian News Network<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>As states across the country grapple with the controversial \u2018Common Core\u2019 educational guidelines, many Christian homeschooling families and organizations are leading the charge against the standards, asserting that they threaten parents\u2019 rights to educate their children.<\/p>\n<p>Several states\u2014including Texas, Virginia, Indiana, Oklahoma, and, most recently, Louisiana\u2014have all taken steps to partially or completely opt out of the Common Core curriculum. The nationalized Common Core standards would require schools to meet certain learning benchmarks at each grade level, but some educators and lawmakers are skeptical about the program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re very alarmed about choice and local control of curriculum being taken away from our parents and educators,\u201d Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal stated in a recent press conference.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to educators and lawmakers, many Christian homeschooling families and homeschooling organizations have expressed opposition to Common Core. BJU Press, a leading publisher of Christian homeschooling materials, strongly condemned the motive behind the new standards. <a href=\"http:\/\/christiannews.net\/2014\/06\/19\/christian-homeschooling-families-lead-fight-against-common-core-standards\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to continue reading.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Permanent Link to NEW PRINT BOOKLET TRACT: A \u201cCommon Core\u201d For a Global Community by Berit Kjos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=13825\" rel=\"bookmark\">NEW PRINT BOOKLET TRACT: A \u201cCommon Core\u201d For a Global Community by Berit Kjos <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Permanent Link to Video on Common Core Curriculum Shows Indoctrination of Children in Public Schools\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=13994\" rel=\"bookmark\">Video on Common Core Curriculum Shows Indoctrination of Children in Public Schools <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Garrett Haley Christian News&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053,17,113,1694,46,385],"tags":[172,2914,490,541,731,1973,2409,59,106],"class_list":["post-15670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education-children-at-risk","category-children-at-risk","category-homosexuality","category-homeschooling-at-risk","category-politics","category-freedom-signs-of-the-times","tag-education","tag-children-at-risk","tag-homeschooling","tag-berit-kjos","tag-united-nations","tag-common-core","tag-bju-press","tag-america","tag-government","wpcat-2053-id","wpcat-17-id","wpcat-113-id","wpcat-1694-id","wpcat-46-id","wpcat-385-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - 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