The Missouri Legislature voted 131 to 12 in the House and 23 to 6 in the Senate in favor of the conference report for HB 1490. This bill, if signed by Missouri Governor Jay Nixon, would replace the Common Core State Standards by the 2016-2017 school year, and a new assessment to align with those […]
Missouri Teacher Testifies About Intimidation She Suffered for Common Core Opposition
We need more teachers like Susan Kimball. Kimball is a 20-year veteran teaching Kindergarten at Sikeston Public School District. She testified that she has suffered from bullying and intimidation since she began speaking out against the Common Core State Standards. Duane Lester at The Missouri Torch recounted her testimony before the Missouri Senate Education Committee […]
Renewing the Fight to Stop Common Core
As state legislatures across the country are starting new sessions I thought it would be a good time to highlight how the fight to stop the Common Core State Standards is being renewed in state capitols. 2013 was the first round and now we are entering the second, the bell has run. The pressure is […]
Political Payback Sinks Missouri’s Common Core Pause Bill
I learned over the weekend that SB 210 is dead in the Missouri Senate due to a threat of a filibuster. I was told that it had nothing to do with those pushing the bill, the Common Core State Standards or a love of the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. It was political […]
Missouri Common Core Transparency Bill Passes Out of Committee
The Missouri House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee passed SB 210 out of committee on a 17-0 vote yesterday after a 2 hour-long public hearing which included 900 written witness statements by those who supported the bill and testimony by the Missouri Education Commissioner Chris Nicastro who I was told didn’t really address the content […]
Anti-Common Core Measures Moving Forward in Missouri Legislature
It has been awhile since we gave an update on the pair of Anti-Common Core bills that are active in the Missouri Legislature. The first is the one in the Missouri Senate, SB 210, which passed out of their education committee last Thursday (3/27/13). It had to be amended prior to its passage since the […]
States Fighting Back
J.R. Wilson has updated our map. The Pending Rejection states are so marked as a result of serious discussion or action taken towards withdrawing from the Common Core State Standards, withdrawing from PARCC or SBAC, delaying implementation of standards or assessments, or not funding the implementation. The discussions or actions considered include public forums, legislative […]