Columbia, S.C. – The South Carolina Republican Party’s State Executive Committee, comprised of leaders from the state’s 46 counties, this week passed a unanimous resolution to reject Common Core in South Carolina.
Link: Here.
The resolution calls on state leaders to take specific actions including:
“Withdraw our state from the Common Core State Standards Initiative;
Withdraw our state from the SBAC assessment scheme, and any other testing aligned with the Common Core standards;
Prohibit all state officials from entering into any agreement that cedes any measure of control over South Carolina education to entities outside the state and ensure that all content standards and curriculum decisions are adopted through a transparent state-wide process fully accountable to the citizens of South Carolina; and
Prohibit the collection of personal student data for any non-educational purpose, and the sharing of personal data except with schools or education agencies within the state.”
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They need to read this:
http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2152412,00.html
Amanda Ripley, the writer, is the author of a book called “The Smartest Kids in the World” which details how they got that way.
People need to stop being so easily led by the propaganda machine of the right wing and start thinking and researching for themselves.
I made a comment on this post earlier and it is gone. Basically: Why would the USA and SC encourage education to be competitive in the international market when they can keep the populace ignorant and less employable?
CC dictates it takes 108 steps to solve a simple math problem that can be solved in two steps? this prepares our children…how?
I’m surprised how many SC government school teachers I’ve seen opposed to common core.
They’re using it at the private school where I sub.
“Prohibit the collection of personal student data for any non-educational purpose, and the sharing of personal data except with schools or education agencies within the state.”
How about letting parents see their child’s graded standardized tests. You get a final test score or percentile ranking but do not get to see exactly which problems your child missed.
Well, South Carolina loves pulling the wool over its own eyes.
Go SC, go!!!!!