The State Board of Education moved one step closer to meeting Superintendent Diane Douglas’ goal of scrapping Arizona’s Common Core-based standards following a vote Monday morning that authorizes changes to the curriculum.
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A spokeswoman from the Flagstaff Unified School District told press that they are unsure of how things will develop.
Proposed changes to standards used to guide K-12 Missouri student learning drew broad criticism Monday, ranging from claims that the recommendations are too similar to what’s already in place to concerns about whether changes are needed.
Pine Forest operates under the Waldorf style of education, which Heffernan said aligned well with the Common Core standards.
He said common core and the effort to replace it have generated buzz because students are being pushed harder.
“The Department of Education has had a standards review process that the board agreed upon sometime ago”, said Douglas.
Tailoring standards for each student should be of the utmost importance, say the groups.
The CCSSO oversaw the common core’s development along with the National Governors Association-a CCSSO spokeswoman, Olympia Meola, confirmed that there won’t be any sort of Common Core 2.0, but declined to comment further on the Arizona board’s vote.
Besides the fight over Common Core, Douglas has been locked in a legal struggle with the board over her attempts to fire pro-Common Core employees and her refusal to give them remote access to a few school data.
The current standards for English and math will remain in place until the board issues a modification. “We are put in this position every time the state makes a new decision”.
Education Commissioner Margie Vandeven also said a few of the recommended standards are not “significantly different”, but said the goal is to make only needed changes.
“Now we will have to start something else when we’re just starting to get good at the old method”, he said.
“Those are Common Core standards that they have given you”, Saighman said.
Born said despite a few disagreement between teachers about how they felt about the standards, most teachers he knew felt comfortable with teaching them.
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