If a graph is a straight line with a positive slope AND goes through the point (0, 0), then the relationship is direct. Definition: A quantity y is directly proportional to a quantity x if y = kx for some k > 0. Often just the term proportional is used to mean directly proportional.
In January 2011, the NYS Board of Regents adopted the NYS P-12 CCLS, which include the Common Core State Standards and a small amount of additional standards uniquely added by New YorkState. The New York State P-12 CCLS were implemented in New York State schools at the beginning of the 2012-2013 school year.
History education in the schools is clearly the victim of Common Core and efforts by New York and other states to secure federal Race to the Top dollars. On October, 22, Andrew Cuomo and his opponents, Republican Rob Astorino, Green Howie Hawkins, and Libertarian Michael McDermott held the only public debate Cuomo would permit.