Lori Smith (left) and Heather Hobbs (right), two teacher leaders in the Kingsport, Tenn., school district, participate in a common-core training session in Kingsport in 2014.
U.S. Rep. John Kline, head of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, meets in 2013 with school board leaders and superintendents at a round-table session in his Minnesota district.
