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Tag: CCS

Common Core Pause & Review

By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Wed Jun 05, 2013 at 09:18:51 AM EST
Tags: CCS, Michigan, Tom McMillin, Common Core, Paused, Review, Nationalizing, States Rights (all tags)

"Pause and review" on Common Core and high-stakes testing sent to Governor

Following the Senate's concurrence on Michigan's omnibus budget yesterday, that included a "pause and review" provision for Michigan Department of Education's implementation of Common Core national curriculum standards and the high-stakes testing associated with it, Rep. Tom McMillin said,

"Today is a very good day for Michigan citizens, almost all of who did not have the opportunity to weigh in on turning over the standards taught in all of Michigan's public schools to a national trade association (National Governors Association). They will now have that opportunity as the legislature debates the matter.
It's pretty surprising that supporters of Common Core and the high-stakes nation test, Smarter Balance, seem scared by the thought of having to defend them. Though, I do understand it must be tough to sell the abdication of education curriculum standards to a national private entity. I certainly look forward to the debate in the coming months. We currently have better math standards in place than Common Core and we can certainly improve our ELA standards without giving the NGA the sole authority to determine and alter them."

A point should be made.. Different standards can ALWAYS be implemented by local schools as appropriate.

Watch for the most "progressive" school districts to freak out for a while.

But why?

Its about control. More control for an overgrown federal bureaucracy that cannot handle the most trivial tasks already, yet with this curriculum endeavors to take on the state's task (remember the 10th amendment?) of public education. Along with that perhaps satisfying at the same time a 'progressive' need to rope in home school children and leave no stone unturned with indoctrination.

Home schooling is affected how? Below the fold ~

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