Mass AG dishes back on Common Core supporters’ lawsuit

BOSTON — Attorney General Maura Healey, named in a lawsuit by a band of pro-Common Core plaintiffs who allege she erred in certifying an initiative petition that would let voters decide whether to keep the controversial standards or revert to Massachusetts' own pre-2010 frameworks, has responded with a court filing of her own. Healey is defending her office's decision to certify the initiative after opponents, backed by the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education, hired the legal powerhou

BOSTON — Attorney General Maura Healey, named in a lawsuit by a band of pro-Common Core plaintiffs who allege she erred in certifying an initiative petition that would let voters decide whether to keep the controversial standards or revert to Massachusetts' own pre-2010 frameworks, has responded with a court filing of her own. Healey is defending her office's decision to certify the initiative after opponents, backed by the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education, hired the legal powerhou…