The Georgia Senate passed SB 167 on a 34-16 vote yesterday. The Atlanta Constitutional-Journal reports: State Sen. William Ligon, R-Brunswick, has led the legislative fight against the standards, which has drawn opposition from Tea Party activists as a federal intrusion into state control of public education. But rather than abruptly pull Georgia out of the […]
Georgia Common Core Review Bill Clears Senate Committee Hurdle
The Georgia Senate Education and Youth Committee unanimously passed SB 167 a bill that would repeal the Common Core State Standards in the state. The bill introduced by State Senator William Ligon, Jr. (R-Brunswick) will establish the process for reviewing the standards, allows local districts to go back to the previous, superior GA standards in […]
Common Core Opponents Rally in Georgia
There has been a concerned push over the last week to rid Georgia of the Common Core State Standards. Northwest Georgia News covered a rally that was held last Tuesday at the Georgia State Capitol building. The rally sponsored by Concerned Women for America of Georgia Legislative Action and American Principles in Action. Tuesday’s rally […]
Six States Receive Race to the Trough Early Learning Challenge Money
The Associated Press reports that six states: Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Vermont have won a combined $280 million in government grants in order to improve birth-to-five early learning programs. These states must show “a willingness to carry out comprehensive improvements to programs focused on children from birth to age 5.” Later today […]
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal Orders Review of Common Core
Governor Nathan Deal (R-GA) appears to be doing a 180 on the Common Core State Standards and it seems that it is due to political pressure and an upcoming re-election bid. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: Gov. Nathan Deal has ordered a sweeping review of the Common Core national guidelines and asked the State Board of […]
Comparisons of Common Core State Standards to Georgia Performance Standards Released
State Senator William Ligon (R-Brunswick) issued a press release this afternoon that accompanied two reports that compared Georgia’s previous standards with the Common Core State Standards. Here is the presser: ATLANTA (August 5, 2013) – Sen. William Ligon (R-Brunswick) released two reports today, one regarding math and the other on English language arts, which compare […]
Georgia Leaves PARCC
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported this afternoon that Georgia has decided to pull out of PARCC. In rejecting the test, Gov. Nathan Deal and Superintendent John Barge cited its cost, which could have been as high as $27 million — slightly more than the state’s entire K-12 testing budget. Georgia will offer assessments developed by education […]
Stop Common Core Progress Update
We are drawing close to the end of the state legislative sessions. I thought it would be a good time to highlight the progress that has been made in fighting the Common Core. If you look back just a few months ago you can see how far our movement has come. Some significant progress was […]
Georgia GOP Resolutions Committee Passes Anti-Common Core Resolution
The Georgia GOP Resolutions Committee on Friday passed 11-3 a resolution calling on Georgia to withdraw from the Common Core State Standards. The convention on Saturday ran behind schedule and since resolutions were last on the agenda there was not a quorum of delegates left to vote on them. This is still a victory. Governor […]
Georgia Governor Nathan Deal’s Meaningless Common Core Executive Order
Georgia Governor Nathan Deal issued an executive order to address concerns with the Common Core State Standards. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution sees it as an attempt to stave off a GOP mutiny. Based on pushback I’m seeing and hearing about, it could very well be headed toward a repeal and that has to make Governor Deal […]