Posted on 03/05/2014 4:07:34 PM PST by afraidfortherepublic
PHOENIX – Calling them a federal “dictate,’’ Sen. Al Melvin persuaded Republican colleagues in the Senate to vote Tuesday to scrap the Common Core education standards the state and schools adopted just four years earlier.
The legislation crafted by the Tucson Republican prohibits the state Board of Education from doing anything more to implement the standards that are designed to spell out what students should be learning at all stages of their education. It also means those schools which have put them in place are going to have to dump them.
SB 1310 also requires the state to withdraw from the multi-state Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers which is developing the testing to see if students have learned what they need.
Melvin, pressed during floor debate Tuesday for what in the Common Core standards he does not like, provided no answer.
“I leave it to you to find them,’’ he told Sen. David Bradley, D-Tucson. Instead, Melvin said he was simply reflecting what he said is the will of a majority of Arizonans who said they do not want Common Core.
“We can do a better job at the state level than the federal government dictating standards,’’ Melvin said.
But Sen. Steve Gallardo, D-Phoenix, said Melvin is off-base in saying these standards are federal mandates. He said they were developed by the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers, “Republican and Democratic governors coming together to look at how we are going to advance our education system throughout our entire country.’’
And that includes current Republican Gov. Jan Brewer.
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Even if government funded public government schools are using it?
And, the USG has to protect private company proprietary information. Otherwise, they could never do business with their defense contractors.
I’m sure there are ways of getting the information out there.
True -- and it's already been done in Texas -- via legislative hearings -- questioning their financial shenanigans, for one thing...
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