In recent months I have written about the growing opposition to the Common Core, from across the political s.... I recently connected with two citizens who embody this, and asked them to share their very divergent backgrounds, and the describe how they have found agreement in regards to the Common Core.

I am Paul Horton. I am a life long Democrat who attended public schools and a public university, Texas at Austin. I come from an Alabama populist family descended from Quakers originally from the area around Nottingham. I am related to Judge James E. Horton (Scottsboro Boys) and Myles Horton (Highlander Folk School). My grandfather, a rural superintendent of schools, had a cross burned on his lawn for firing the county's high school principal, the leader of the Klan in the county.

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My name is Heather Patenaude and I am a life long conservative. I believe in limited Government that is fiscally responsible and upholds the constitution. In 1985 my parents began to home-school my sisters and me. When we started our journey of homeschooling organizations were fighting to make it legal in all 50 states. I am grateful for the freedom to be homeschooled and now home-school my own children.

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