Critics of Common Core, including Tea Party groups, said itwouldtake away local control and dumb downschools. Meanwhile, many parents had trouble understanding some of the teaching methods and found the curriculum confusing, particularly some of the math lessons. One of the things we would constantly hearabouton the campaign trail was a lot of frustration from parents in particular with this idea of Common Core, when you complained... I heard you. I told you Id do something about it. And today we are acting to bring promises to reality.