Douglas County school board resolution opposes Common Core ( Colorado )

EdNews Colorado, ^ | Jul 17, 2013

[george76]

As school districts around the state prepare to bring the Common Core standards into their classrooms this fall, Douglas County’s school board is putting its opposition to the standards on the record.

The Douglas County Board of Education last night unanimously passed a resolution arguing against the implementation of the standards both across the state on principle and in their district specifically.

The board argues that the spirit of the Common Core violates the broad discretion on standards and curriculum that Colorado districts are granted in the state constitution. And the resolution further argues that the standards laid out in the Common Core are not as rigorous as standards already in place in Douglas County.

The Colorado State Board of Education signed on to the Common Core standards in 2010.

[Standing Wolf]

Eh? What? Douglas County doesn’t want to sign on the dotted line with leftist extremist propaganda?

[Verbosus]

I live in Douglas Couunty, Co.
I think we have 4 liberals that have not been run out of the county yet.

Even the school district is union free now.

[rochester_veteran]

Good news! My son and his wife will soon be moving to Douglas County where they'll be starting their teaching careers. The school that they'll be teaching at uses the core knowledge sequence curriculum to teaching. Douglas County is ranked as the 12th most conservative county in the US by the Daily Caller.