Seattle pushes back on Common Core Standards and high-stakes testing
The Battle for Seattle continues.
Please submit this resolution, modified for your district, for adoption at the March 9th district caucuses. The deadline for submissions is this Wednesday. The more districts that pass a resolution against CCS, the more likely it will pass at the county and, ultimately, the state levels.
RESOLUTION CONCERNING
RACE TO THE TOP AND COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS EDUCATION “REFORMS”
WHEREAS the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are a set of academic standards, promoted and supported by two private membership organizations, the National Governors’ Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), who receive millions of dollars from private third parties, philanthropies, and corporate interests to advocate for and develop the CCSS without a grant of authority from any state; and
WHEREAS the CCSS were developed by a committee of 24 individuals, almost all of whom were associated with educational corporations, with no decision-making authority granted to practicing K-12 teachers, through a process not subject to public scrutiny or Freedom of Information Act laws, and were adopted by the Legislature