New York Teachers Withdraw Common Core Support, Declare No Confidence. The board of New York's teachers union on Saturday unanimously voted to withdraw its support for the Common Core State Standards as they are being implemented, and declare no confidence in the state's education commissioner. The New York State United Teachers, a union which represents more than 600,000 education professionals in the state, is also asking the state Board of Regents to remove State Education Commissioner John King Jr. from office. And although it previously backed the Common Core standards, the union says it will not support the education benchmarks "as implemented and interpreted," until the state education department "makes major course corrections to its failed implementation plan" and puts a three-year moratorium on the high-stakes consequences of testing aligned with the core.
[READ: State Education Leaders Say They Won't Give Feds Student Data] King said then the sharp drop in scores was a result of the rigor of the new standards and that the decline was expected. Oklahoma, South Carolina Governors Repeal Common Core Standards. Oklahoma and South Carolina have officially joined the ranks of states that have ditched the Common Core State Standards. Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, a Republican who has supported the standards, signed HB 3399 Thursday afternoon, which requires the state to return to the standards in place before Common Core was adopted in 2010, and the state board of education to develop "new, more rigorous standards," by August 2016.
In South Carolina, Gov. Nikki Haley, a Republican who has been an outspoken opponent of the standards, signed a bill May 30 that seeks to replace the standards for the 2015-16 school year. Common Core will still be used in South Carolina for the coming school year. [READ: Why Common Core Will Haunt Louisiana Gov. “[Common Core] was intended to develop a set of high standards in classrooms across the nation that would ensure children graduated from high school prepared for college and a career in an increasingly competitive workforce. “Gov. J.R. Wilson: Common Core and the Vehicle of our Future. By J.R. Wilson Common Core: The Vehicle of Our Future? Have you ever bought a new car?
Was your experience with the dealerships and salespeople enjoyable and pleasant? Did you experience buyer’s remorse? By J.R. Common Core: The Vehicle of Our Future? Have you ever bought a new car? When you buy a car you are buying something that will reliably deliver you to your destination. J.R. Test Your Common Core Savvy. The “Common Core” standards are now being imposed on schools around the country. This regimen is the latest phase of the corporate assault on public education, orchestrated by multibillionaires like Bill Gates, imposed by the Obama White House and carried out by a handful of “educational” monopolies (Pearson, McGraw Hill, College Board). On April 6, Class Struggle Education Workers in New York held a workshop in New York City on “Common Core: Privatization and Regimentation of Public Education.”
The lead speaker, Charles Brover, gave a “test" illustrating what the Common Core is all about. The test was inspired by and adapted from “ Test Your Public Ed Savvy ,” by Susan Ohanian and Stephen Krashen, The Progressive (magazine), January 26, 2013.* Take the test below, click on the answers (with explanatory notes) and raise your Common Core Savvy. Multiple-choice test. Common Core is Rotten to the Core.