Round-Up: CO adopts national education standards, and Focus lays off workers

· Aug. 2, 2010, 5:14 pm

Colorado is the latest state to adopt national education standards in reading, writing and math...and, Colorado Springs based Focus on the Family has laid off 110 workers, leaving the conservative Christian group with about 750 employees.

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