New York legislators ready to put Common Core Standards and student data collecting on hold
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The leaders of both houses of the New York State legislature have called for a two year moratorium on the Common Core. The Governor has also expressed concern with the implementation. In addition the electeds shunned I Bloom – the data portal. The Board of Regents will hear a report from a Task Force on Monday.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Senate Co-Leaders Dean Skelos and Jeff Klein, and Senate Education Chair John Flanagan Call for Delay of Common Core and Sharing of Student Privacy Data
Senators Skelos, Klein and Flanagan issued the following statement:
We continue to support the goals of an improved education curriculum
that increases standards and ensures that students are college and career
ready.
that increases standards and ensures that students are college and career
ready.
However, after having spent months listening to parents, teachers,
administrators and educational professionals at public hearings conducted
throughout New York State, it is our belief that while the implementation
administrators and educational professionals at public hearings conducted
throughout New York State, it is our belief that while the implementation