Just a few short months ago, after a heated, summer debate on Common Core, Rep. Tim Kelly (R-Saginaw) a staunch supporter of Common Core drafted a concurrent resolution that allowed Common Core implementation to go forward. At that time, Rep. Kelly told reporters at the Detroit News, “I think that we want to get this […]
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An Open Letter to Secretary Duncan
In response to Secretary of Education Duncan’s thoughts regarding mothers who oppose the Common Core. Dear Secretary of Education Duncan: Mr. Duncan, you and the feds may control the purse strings but WE (moms of every color and location) control our “brilliant” children’s shoe strings. We have the final authority and we’re saying “no” to […]
In his never ending attempt to defend the abysmal Common Core, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan told state superintendents that the push back on Common Core is from “white suburban moms.” Education Secretary Arne Duncan told an audience of state superintendents this afternoon that the Education Department and other Common Core supporters didn’t fully anticipate […]
Via WVTM-TV News: “The state of Alabama has opted out of participating in the Common Core English and mathematics standards.” Last month, State Superintendent of Education Dr. Tommy Bice proposed rescinding the 2009 Memorandum of Agreement with the National governor’s Association and the Council for Chief State School Officers, “in an effort to reassure the […]
Trying to piece together the events in Lansing today is not easy but the net result seems to be clear, the implementation of Common Core will go forward but questions about the assessments and SBAC remain. Last week, the Senate cowardly gaveled through resolution S-4 as a substitute resolution to HCR-11 previously passed by the […]
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Rethinking the Common Core
Last week, the Michigan Senate hastily gaveled through, S-4, a substitute resolution designed to restart the implementation of the Common Core. They did so by voice vote without any public hearings on the resolution and no record of how members voted. The senate decision to push the resolution through is likely because parents and […]
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Senate Roll Call Please!
Yesterday by a voice vote, the Michigan Senate passed a substitute resolution on Common Core. A voice vote means that no record of how each Senator voted was recorded. According to a report from MLive, “Richardville also said a roll call vote was not taken on the issue because “there didn’t seem to be a […]
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Senate Takes Action with Voice Vote
Yesterday, the Senate gaveled through S-4, their substitute version of the Common Core resolution by voice vote. MIRS reports, “When the issue was called on for a vote, a few senators audibly grumbled “yes,” a few senators audibly grumbled “no” and Speaker Pro Tem Tonya SCHUITMAKER (R-Lawton) gaveled the resolution through. No role call vote […]
Update: Via MLIve Gov. Rick Snyder issued the following statement Thursday afternoon: Michigan students will be better prepared to compete for jobs in our state and beyond as our partners in the Legislature took another key step to support the Common Core Standards. “There is strong, bipartisan backing for the Common Core, an effort developed […]
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Senate “huddles” with MDE
There have been no public hearings on Common Core in the Senate since the joint committee hearing held on October 2. Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville is controlling the Common Core debate and listening to only one side of the argument. MIRS reports that key senators met with state Superintendent Mike Flanagan “behind closed doors […]