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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Grumpy Educators: More groups pushing back on the Common Core initiatives

Grumpy Educators: More groups pushing back on the Common Core initiatives:

Schools Matter: Resolution: NCTE will oppose common core standards...

This resolution was submitted to the National Council of Teachers of English for their consideration. Schools Matter: Resolution: NCTE will oppose common core standards...: Resolution on National Standards and Tests Submitted to National Council of Teachers of English, Committee on Resolutions...

More groups pushing back on the Common Core initiatives

Via Truth in American Education.In a letter to Alabama Governor Robert Bentley, Alabama legislators ask that the state retain control over "academic standards, curriculum, instruction, and testing" and reject national initiatives.The National Federation of Republican Women (Nebraska, Delaware, Wisconsin, Georgia, and Tennessee) passed a unanimous resolution, "Defeat National Standards for State