Dad Chastises Louisiana House Education Committee for Common Core Vote
The Louisiana House Education committee on Tuesday scrapped HB 558 introduced by State Representative Cameron Henry (R-Metarie) on a 12-7 vote. The bill would have prohibited PARCC from being administered and provided for the continuation of the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program tests and the standards on which those tests are based. They also voted down HB 381 introduced by State Representative Brett Geymann (R-Lake Charles) which would have created a Student Standards Commission to develop state standards for required subjects for public school students that would also eliminate the Common Core.Morgan Wood, is a dad and husband to Sarah Wood, one of the lead activists against the Common Core in the state. We highlighted her testimony before the State Senate Education Committee last week. Mr. Wood wrote an excellent email to the members of the Louisiana House Education Committee (shared with his permission). Needless to say members of the Committee need to receive more emails like these.
Dear House Education Committee Members,
Your performance during the Education Committee meeting on 4/2 for HB381 and HB558 was TRULY AMAZING!! I was unable to attend because I had to work, but I made it a point to watch the video over the internet.My observation of what happened is that you all had educated and researched parents and education leaders with Rep Geymann from the BEST performing parishes in the state telling you that all this PARCC AND COMMON CORE initiative is detrimental to their children WITH PROOF.Then on the other hand, you had paid organizations, parents, teachers and students, who