ObamaCore (Common Core) Update: June 19, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will mark up the Student Success Act H.R.5. If H. R. 5 will “kill” the takeover by the Obama administration of our public schools through Common Core Standards/Race to the Top, we need to support it. CCS/RTTT means national standards, national curriculum, national assessments, national teachers’ evaluations tied to the students’ assessment scores, and a national database of personally intrusive information. Because the House controls appropriations, it is within their power to stop ObamaCore by cutting all funding for the Common Core Standards Initiative. H.R. 5: -Consolidates a myriad of existing K-12 education programs into a new Local Academic Flexible Grant, which provides funding to states and school districts to support local priorities that improve student achievement. -Supports opportunities for parents to enroll their children in local magnet schools and charter schools, and enhances statewide parental engagement. -Protects state and local autonomy over decisions in the classroom by limiting the authority of the secretary of education, including eliminating the secretary’s ability to inappropriately influence state decisions to adopt common standards or assessments. -Repeals federal “Highly Qualified Teacher” requirements and directs states and school districts to develop teacher evaluation systems that measure an educator’s influence on student learning. These evaluations must be "locally developed and implemented" within broad parameters that factor in student achievement, incorporate multiple measures, and include feedback from all stakeholders.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:08:02 +0000
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