As we announced yesterday here at Stop Common Core in Michigan, State Rep. Gary Glenn is set to introduce legislation to repeal and replace Common Core on February 24. Channel 7, WXYZ News Detroit picked up the announcement and interviewed State Board of Education John Austin for his reaction. Austin said “it is not up to legislators to change state standards.” and added,
“These are standards set by Michigan, with the help of leaders in the business committee to determine standards that are good for Michigan,” said Austin.”
The Common Core standards were written by anonymous bureaucrats outside the state working with National Governors Association, the Chief Counsel of State School Officers, Achieve, Bill Gates Foundation, Pearson, and more and incentived by the federal government through Race to the Top competitive grants. Michigan parents, teachers, and taxpayers were left out. Michigan never received any federal money but adopted the standards just three weeks after their final release in 2010.
Since 2010 more has been learned about the standards which are designed to educate students to meet the demands of the workforce. It was telling that Austin included with the “help of business leaders” in his remarks. Parents were left out and are no longer staying silent. Representative Gary Glenn has responded and is eager to return standards and education back to the people of Michigan.
The Stop Common Core in Michigan team invite all parents, teachers, and citizens who oppose Common Core and support true Michigan standards to attend the press conference on February 24.
Central United Methodist Church
215 N Capitol Ave, Lansing, MI Kitty corner to Anderson Building (Representatives offices)
Ask YOUR legislator to co-sponsor and to vote YES!
A Facebook event has been created to stay current on what is happening with the press conference and the legislation.
Stop Common Core in Michigan co-founder Melanie Kurdys and parent Tina Yost appeared on Fox17 Grand Rapids and explained the concerns with Common Core. Kurdys identified a key issue:
It’ll track what students take, how good their scores are, and all of these performance behaviors, and this data system will be available to employers so that they can look at the data records of students coming in, coming through, to propose hiring them,” said Kurdys.
Yost expressed the frustration of many parents,
“There used to be a system where parents help their kids with their homework,” said Yost. “I’ve talked to math majors that couldn’t help some of their elementary kids with their homework because they didn’t understand it.”
Thank you Melanie Kurdys and Tina Yost for speaking up and standing up for children!
Parents it’s time we all speak up. YOU have a voice in the process and an advocate in the legislature. Contact your state lawmakers and tell them to co-sponsor and support Gary Glenn’s Repeal & Replace legislation. Attend the press conference in Lansing on February 24 and let your voice be heard.