North Carolina Senate Budget Includes Common Core Provision
The North Carolina Senate included a Common Core provision intheir recommended budget released last night.SECTION 9.2.(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 115C-174.11(c), the State Board of Education shall report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee prior to the purchase and implementation of a new assessment instrument to assess student achievement on the Common Core State Standards, including the Common Core Smarter Balance Consortium Assessments. The State Board shall not purchase such
The (Unofficial) End of CSCOPE
Texas State Senator Dan Patrick (R-Houston), chair of the Texas Senate Education Committee, announced the end of CSCOPEthrough a press release issued this morning. This comes prior to a vote that was supposed to occur today in the Texas House. He said that a letter signed by all 20 members of the Texas Education Service Center Curriculum Collaborative (TESCCC) Board stated this morning that they would notify their 875 school district clients that all of their lesson plans will be removed from their website on August 31st, 2013 and that school districts cannot use any lessons they currently have beyond that date. They also state that the 20 Regional Service Centers will not produce lessons in the future and that they will go back to just providing a management tool for teachers to stay on schedule in regards to teaching TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills) in their
Utah Republicans Pass Anti-Common Core Resolution
The Utah Republican Party passed an anti-Common Core resolution by a 65.5% to 35.5% margin at their State Convention this weekend. This happened despite a huge effort by the Utah State Office of Education to oppose the resolution. Christel Swasey has a good recap of what happened on Saturday.
Here is a copy of the resolution written by Christel Swasey and Cherilyn Eagar.
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Georgia GOP Resolutions Committee Passes Anti-Common Core Resolution
The Georgia GOP Resolutions Committee on Friday passed 11-3 a resolution calling on Georgia to withdraw from the Common Core State Standards. The convention on Saturday ran behind schedule and since resolutions were last on the agenda there was not a quorum of delegates left to vote on them.
This is still a victory. Governor Nathan Deal had sent representatives to lobby the resolutions committee to reject the resolution, but they still lost by a wide margin. It demonstrates the growing opposition that the