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Jindal wants Louisiana out of Common Core
Posted on 6/18/14 at 1:22 pm
Posted on 6/18/14 at 1:22 pm
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After weeks of speculation, Gov. Bobby Jindal announced his plans to try to yank Louisiana out of the Common Core education standards.The Republican governor planned a Wednesday news conference to talk about Louisiana's use of the English and math benchmarks adopted by most states.
Jindal opposes the standards as an attempted federal takeover of education. He's said he's looking at executive actions to scrap use of Common Core.
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This post was edited on 6/18/14 at 1:23 pm
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Posted on 6/18/14 at 1:24 pm to Choctaw
GOOD
But wasn't he for it before he was against it?
But wasn't he for it before he was against it?
Posted on 6/18/14 at 1:25 pm to Choctaw
quote:
Jindal opposes the standards as an attempted federal takeover of education.
So will he now reject all federal intrusion and dollars in Louisiana schools?
Posted on 6/18/14 at 1:35 pm to Choctaw
Good for Louisiana. I know a lot of people that wished my state did the same.
I'm predicting our governor back tracks on Common Core if he hasn't already.
I'm predicting our governor back tracks on Common Core if he hasn't already.
This post was edited on 6/18/14 at 1:37 pm
Posted on 6/18/14 at 1:39 pm to Choctaw
And with that, I officially am no longer defending Jindal. He's done some good things, but he can no longer be defended. He's lost his damn mind.
So now what? We've spent millions upon millions buying textbooks and implementing Common Core over the last year. Many teachers have already begun their lesson plans for next school year using common core.
He expects our state - which isn't exactly one of the top performing states in the country - to create standards that are going to be at least as strong as common core?
And he is doing this over the objections of the state's buiness and industry, legislature, as well as his own appointed school leaders.
And this is something HE created! What an ultimate flip-flopper. All because, well, we hate Obama.
So now what? We've spent millions upon millions buying textbooks and implementing Common Core over the last year. Many teachers have already begun their lesson plans for next school year using common core.
He expects our state - which isn't exactly one of the top performing states in the country - to create standards that are going to be at least as strong as common core?
And he is doing this over the objections of the state's buiness and industry, legislature, as well as his own appointed school leaders.
And this is something HE created! What an ultimate flip-flopper. All because, well, we hate Obama.
Posted on 6/18/14 at 1:47 pm to Choctaw
Inb4 JindalrabblerabblerabbletaxcreditsrabblerabbleDuckdynasty
Posted on 6/18/14 at 1:54 pm to Choctaw
My daughter was in Kindergarten this past school year. I liked the idea of having higher standards for the kids. She knows the majority of the parts of speech, how to read, write 4-8 sentences on a topic, addition and subtraction tables up to 10 and even some multiplication in there.
The thing that I didn't like about it was the implementation of it. My daughter was introduced to it in Kindergarten so she wasn't taught any differently. These kids that were in 2nd, 3rd, etc. they were having to play catch up and so were the teachers. It seemed like it needed to take 13 years to fully implement and start with the Kindergartners and work their way up.
The thing that I didn't like about it was the implementation of it. My daughter was introduced to it in Kindergarten so she wasn't taught any differently. These kids that were in 2nd, 3rd, etc. they were having to play catch up and so were the teachers. It seemed like it needed to take 13 years to fully implement and start with the Kindergartners and work their way up.
Posted on 6/18/14 at 2:10 pm to Choctaw
He's selling out Louisiana's children for the sake of his naked political ambitions. He's a disgusting POS.
Posted on 6/18/14 at 2:15 pm to Choctaw
I agree with this conservative commentator about this issue.
LINK /
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And there is emotive opposition: Those who hate the testing regimens necessary to make performance standards work, most of them on the grounds that their own children are so special that they shouldn’t have to suffer such burdens. These last have influence.
Public education’s problems are legion, but few are more corrosive to student accomplishment — and to public confidence — than grade inflation. That was Duncan’s point.
For example: Former New York state Education Commissioner Richard Mills and the willful destruction of one of the nation’s strongest, and most trusted, performance benchmarks — the state Regent’s examinations.
A generation ago, nobody got an academic high-school diploma in New York without demonstrating — via the Regent’s tests — competence in a variety of subjects.
Then came Mills, and the decline began.
The goal: Improve graduation rates.
The means: Dumbing down the Regents’ tests.
Soon a lot more students were getting diplomas, but they were near to worthless; in New York City, a scant 31.4 percent of high-school grads in 2013 were ready for college work.
And then came Common Core, and the end of illusions:
In New York in 2013 — the first year of the program’s more rigorous new benchmarks — reading, writing and arithmetic scores dropped an eye-popping 30 percentage points from 2012. What to do? Kill the messenger, of course.
LINK /
LINK /
And there is emotive opposition: Those who hate the testing regimens necessary to make performance standards work, most of them on the grounds that their own children are so special that they shouldn’t have to suffer such burdens. These last have influence.
Public education’s problems are legion, but few are more corrosive to student accomplishment — and to public confidence — than grade inflation. That was Duncan’s point.
For example: Former New York state Education Commissioner Richard Mills and the willful destruction of one of the nation’s strongest, and most trusted, performance benchmarks — the state Regent’s examinations.
A generation ago, nobody got an academic high-school diploma in New York without demonstrating — via the Regent’s tests — competence in a variety of subjects.
Then came Mills, and the decline began.
The goal: Improve graduation rates.
The means: Dumbing down the Regents’ tests.
Soon a lot more students were getting diplomas, but they were near to worthless; in New York City, a scant 31.4 percent of high-school grads in 2013 were ready for college work.
And then came Common Core, and the end of illusions:
In New York in 2013 — the first year of the program’s more rigorous new benchmarks — reading, writing and arithmetic scores dropped an eye-popping 30 percentage points from 2012. What to do? Kill the messenger, of course.
Posted on 6/18/14 at 2:22 pm to Choctaw
So you guys are clearly trying to compete with Alabama and Mississippi on the dumbest state lists. We'll have none of those fancy educational standards either.
Posted on 6/18/14 at 7:54 pm to Choctaw
Jindal is such a phony. Why didn't he do this sooner? Because he had to see the poll numbers first.
He's the republican version of Bill Clinton with his moistened index finger in the political air. I don't believe he has any principles beyond that which will further his career.
He's the republican version of Bill Clinton with his moistened index finger in the political air. I don't believe he has any principles beyond that which will further his career.
This post was edited on 6/18/14 at 7:58 pm
Posted on 6/18/14 at 9:27 pm to Choctaw
Hope they (Louisiana) pull the trigger on it.
(I was somewhat surprised to see Louisiana go with Common Core initially)
Come join the non-CC good guys, and allow the professional educators and the families in your own states to make the educational decisions for their children.
A heavy-handed, top-down, centralized national government has no role here.
(I was somewhat surprised to see Louisiana go with Common Core initially)
Come join the non-CC good guys, and allow the professional educators and the families in your own states to make the educational decisions for their children.
A heavy-handed, top-down, centralized national government has no role here.
Posted on 6/19/14 at 6:43 pm to Choctaw
admittedly I don't know much about common core, but I'm OK with not jumping in bed with a monolithic approach.
We should goto the Great Books educational philosophy.
We should goto the Great Books educational philosophy.
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