Missouri Education Watchdog: NSBA Pushes Back Against Arne Duncan but Supports Common Core Standards?

Missouri Education Watchdog: NSBA Pushes Back Against Arne Duncan but Supports Common Core Standards?:

NSBA Pushes Back Against Arne Duncan but Supports Common Core Standards?

by stlgretchen

National School Board Association issues press release:

Alexandria, Va. (Jan. 29, 2013) – More than 700 school board members and state school boards association leaders will be meeting with their members of Congress and urging them to co-sponsor legislation, developed by the National School Boards Association (NSBA), to protect local school district governance from unnecessary and counter-productive federal intrusion from the U.S. Department of Education. 

...“We must ensure that the decisions made at the federal level will best support the needs and goals of local school systems and the communities they serve,” said Gentzel. “Local school boards must have the ability to make on-the-ground decisions that serve the best interests of our school districts.”

The NSBA is pushing back against Arne Duncan's policies mandating school district policies.   It has prepared draft legislation stopping the increasing Federal encroachment into local districts and states: