Here is the video of testimony Senator Colbeck, sponsor of SB 826, provided to the Senate Education Committee on April 19. Thank you Senator Colbeck for your thorough presentation.
The next hearing has been announced for April 26, at 8 AM in the Farnum Building Room 110. We are told that the opposition will be out in full force at this hearing. We need ALL parents to come and support S 826. Please prepare short comment and bring 6 copies if the committee allows for public testimony you will be prepared. If public testimony is not allowed, you can turn in your written testimony and a card to record your attendance to the clerk.
Please also contact your state Senator and Representative and tell them to vote YES on SB 826 or HB 5444. For contact information please click here.
Here is the public testimony that Cody Prested, a Livonia second grader, prepared for the hearing this week. He didn’t get to share it, so I’m going to share it here again. If he can get up and talk about repealing common core anyone can. I hope he and others gets the chance at the next hearing.
My phone glitched in the beginning so here is the full text of his speech.
“Hi my name is Cody Prested. I’m in second grade at Botsford Elementary School in Livonia, Michigan. My favorite color is red. I’m here to tell you about my friends and myself. School is different for all of us. Everybody is NOT the same. We all learn in different ways. My friends and I work hard and try our best in school. Some things come easy to me but are hard for my friends. I’m a little nervous for the test at the end of the year. I’m worried because I might get the anwers wrong. I might not know the answer or forget what I learned. If I don’t get a lot of right answers I’m afraid I will not pass the test. In the middle of the school year I took the NWEA test for the second time in second grade. When I took the test I was very frustrated not knowing if I asnwered the questions correct. It even asked me questions I had not learned in school yet. That scared me because I didn’t know if I was going to pass the test. I’m in second grade. I’m seven years old. These are feelings I should not have in school. I’m asking you to please support to repeal and replace common core. My teachers and parents should have a say in my education. My voice is little but I’m the future. Thank you for listening to me.”