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Indiana
Reconsiders Common Core
By Brittany Corona
May 2, 2013
This
past weekend, Indiana legislators approved
a proposal to halt the implementation of Common Core until after
preliminary
hearings and an in-depth analysis are conducted. The bill now rests on
Governor
Mike Pence’s (R) desk awaiting his signature.
In
February, the Indiana state senate voted
38–11 in favor of anti–Common Core legislation. And Indianans and local
business owners have petitioned Pence to halt the Common Core
implementation.
In early April, Pence stated that Indiana may reconsider Common Core,
saying
that leaders in the state would “take a long, hard look” at the
standards. Now,
the move to put Indiana on a track of reversing the Common Core State
Standards
rests with Pence.
The
Common Core standards initiative was
launched in 2009. Touted as a state-led effort, the Obama
Administration
quickly jumped on board to push for Common Core, placing billions in
federal
funding on the line. States that agreed to adopt common standards, for
example,
were considered more competitive in the Administration’s Race to the
Top grant
competition (which offered a total of $4.35 billion to states), and
states have
also been offered strings-attached No Child Left Behind waivers if they
adopt
Common Core. Moreover, the federal government is directly financing the
two
national testing consortia and established a “technical review” panel
to assess
the tests.
The
Administration’s push for national
standards threatens to remove parents, teachers, and local leaders from
decisions about what children are taught in the classroom...
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