The federal government’s “Common Core State Standards” education overhaul has provoked a huge wave of parental activism in children’s education like no other U.S. education policy issue has in the last half-century. It is a major issue in the 2016 presidential primary race, and all the candidates’ views on Common Core have been closely watched in the key primary states. Here, Breitbart News provides you with what you need to know about where the candidates stand on the federal Common Core policy. First, some basic background on the Common Core: Common Core was created by a partnership between private and education elites, acting through establishment politicians who sought to influence education policy in the United States. Ultimately, the plan was to set nationalized academic standards that would allow more low-income, minority children to appear “college- and career-ready,” so they could join the United States workforce and allow American businesses and industries – represented by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce – a larger pool of lower-level workers. Common Core was quickly adopted by 46 states – sight unseen in most cases – primarily because state legislatures and governors have grown extremely lax over the decades in their duty to resist encroachment