Colorado Moms Push Bill to Delay Common Core
Guest post by Colorado Moms
Like so many states in the union, Colorado's 2014 Legislative Session is largely focused on education. The session opened with the introduction of eight education bills...and now there is one more. Senator Vicki Marble has presented the Colorado Mom's Bill to delay the implementation of Common Core and PARCC testing on behalf of a group of parents from her district and throughout the state of Colorado.
Our History
We are moms, from all across Colorado, with different backgrounds and political beliefs, coming together, in most cases, as strangers, because we oppose Common Core. This bill has nothing to do with political affiliation and everything to do with our children.
Why Common Core and PARCC alarmed us and our reaction
The state of Colorado is known for having top quality public schools and school of choice. When we found out that school choice would be threatened by the adoption of CCSS and PARCC, we knew we had to do something. For most of us, the first few weeks after we learned about CCSS were spent researching and wrapping our heads around this sly and nefarious monster that had crept into our children's school under the guise of college and career ready. Hour and hours of digging, reading RTTT applications, MOU's, emails back and forth filled sleepless nights. We knew we had to take action, but what could these moms who have jobs and families to care for do to