Video: Which Louisiana Teachers Wrote Common Core?
When I debated Stephanie Deselles of the Council for a Better Louisiana (CABL) in November 2013, she mentioned “three Louisiana teachers” who were involved in writing the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).
Never mind that “three” is an embarrassingly low number.
Deselles provided no names.
During testimony on the writing of CCSS and its test, the Partnership for Assessment of College and Career Readiness (PARCC) test, Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) member Holly Boffy is unable to readily provide the names of Louisiana teachers who participated in writing CCSS to Louisiana State Representative Jerome “Dee” Richard.
Here is a powerful one-minute video on Boffy’s failure to answer:
Note that Boffy has a clear conflict of interest from her financial connection to the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), one of the CCSS license owners.
If it is only three teachers, as Deselles stated in November 2013, why is it so difficult for Boffy to offer specific names??