Another Rebuke of Tony Bennett: Indiana Republican Wants to Stop Common Core Standards
From Education Week reporter Andrew Ujifusa:
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Ever since the defeat of a resolution opposing the Common Core State Standards at the American Legislative Exchange Council, a Washington-based conservative think tank which ideologically might have been sympathetic with common standards foes, the question for those foes has been where they would go from there. Without the stamp of ALEC’s influential approval, what would be their strategy?
Indiana Sen. Scott Schneider, a Republican, has one straightforward strategy—he has proposed legislation that would require Indiana to withdraw from the common standards in English/language arts and math, the Associated Press has reported. “I am worried that common core was pushed on Indiana without proper review of what it will mean for students and teachers,”Schneider said in a press statement Wednesday. His bill is scheduled for a committee hearing
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