Alabama Board of Education Member Wants Truce on Common Core to Preserve Status Quo
Alabama Board of Education member Mary Scott Hunter wants a truce among board members in the fight over the Common Core State Standards, Challen Stephens reports:
Mary Scott Hunter says it’s time for the members of the Alabama state school board to call a truce and stop fighting over Common Core."Both sides of this debate can claim victories," said Hunter in a recent interview with AL.com."My opinion, we need to declare a truce on this and move on to other important things."But the answer from fellow GOP officials is clear. The battle will continue."We haven’t done anything significant," said board member Betty Peters this week. "We changed the name (from Common Core), but we haven’t changed any significant content."Hunter, the Republican board member for northeast Alabama, said the state board has taken steps to distance itself from the creators of Common Core.Hunter pointed out the state school board in November rescinded the memorandum of agreement with the authors of the national standards. Last month the state board voted to remove any link to the list of national exemplars, the so-called "de facto national reading list"