Missouri to back out of federal ‘Common Core’ school curriculum
Sponsored by Rep. Kurt Bahr and Sen. John Lamping, HB616/SB210 states, “The state board of education shall not adopt, and the department of elementary and secondary education shall not implement, the Common Core State Standards developed by the Common Core Standards Initiative. Any actions taken to adopt or implement the Common Core State Standards as of the effective date of this section are void. Common Core State Standards or any other statewide education standards shall not be adopted or implemented without the approval of the general assembly.”
Also: “HB616 voted out of committee”
“Senator Wants Bill to Block Common Core Standards in Public Schools”
“Marxism in Education – The Infiltration of Our School Systems by the Common Core Standards”
“Common Core: What’s Hidden Behind the Language”
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Randy Slavik 11:54 am on March 28, 2013 Permalink |
Where is this bill now, in terms of forward movement? I have tried the above links, but apparently whatever is slowing down ISPs it’s rampant in my area. Rep. Bahr, please, you MUST get rid of Common Core and remain alert to other UN Agenda 21 components.
Paul 10:19 pm on April 2, 2013 Permalink |
As an educator I feel the rug has been pulled from under our feet on this one. For as long as I have taught (since 1987), accountability and higher standards have been the cry of those assailing public schools. In Missouri we have a new evaluation system requiring much higher professional conduct and presumably the introduction of Common core Standards, which contrary to what I am hearing from Glen Beck and others, are vastly more rigorous than those we have had in place. In the way of anecdotal evidence, educators are quite concerned about how in the world they will ramp up expectations to meet the demands of Common Core.
What’s more, business leaders both local and nationwide have almost universally voiced their support that these standards are precisely what they need to see coming into the workforce. In Missouri, the Missouri Chamber has signed on in support along with approximately four dozen individual corporations.
I share some concern that local boards of education lose some control here. I do find it ironic that while some conservatives decry the loss of local control with Common Core, they pass or introduce legislation that dictates how districts can do payroll deduction, deal with evolution/creationism/intelligent design, handle teacher evaluation, and so on.
I find laughable the purported conspiratorial connection with UN mandates (especially ones that are nonbinding).
Lest you label me a flaming lib, I have voted for each and every Republican President back to Reagan…thought I should throw that in to soften the onslaught a bit