Stotsky Calls For Abolishment of Florida DOE
Sandra Stotsky, former Senior Associate Commissioner of Education in Massachusetts and Professor Emerita at the University of Arkansas, released a statement concerning the upcoming summit called by Florida Governor Rick Scott concerning the Common Core State Standards.Stotsky also served on the Common Core validation committee for the English-Language Arts standards and refused to sign off on them.
Here is her full statement below:
I have been invited by parent groups in Florida to comment on Common Core’s English language arts standards using the format that Interim Commissioner Pamela Stewart chose to give them. Although Governor Scott requested meetings at which parents could express their concerns, she deliberately chose a method that in effect prevents discussion and an open forum. By telling parents that they can comment only one by one, and only on the particular standards in Common Core, in a 3-hour period of time, she is in effect spitting in
Forum on Understanding Common Core in Peoria, IL
Illinois Citizens for Better Education is sponsoring a Forum on Understanding Common Core on Saturday, November 9, 2013 in Peoria, IL. The featured speaker will be Shane Vander Hart from Truth in American Education and American Principles Project. The doors open at 9:30am, the program will start at 10:00a and ends at 12:30p.Education reform is taking place across Illinois, yet we have only heard