Blog Pushback Continues: States Grow Increasingly Wary of Common Core Share This Post Education / Government / National News / Politics Pushback Continues: States Grow Increasingly Wary of Common Core By redkudzu_admin on April 16th 2014 No Comments / 157 views Common Core is on the ropes. More and more states are pulling back from the national standards as the 2014–15 school year implementation deadline looms near. In Louisiana, Governor Bobby Jindal (R)—formerly a Common Core supporter—is now encouraging the legislature to remove the state from the Common Core aligned Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for Colleges and Careers (PARCC) test. And if they don’t act, he will. Jindal’s new stance comes after eight members of the Louisiana State House of Representatives sent him a letter, informing him of his prerogative to opt out of the standards and encouraging him to do so. As The New Orleans Advocate reported: Gov. Bobby Jindal said Monday that a gubernatorial order for the state to drop controversial Common Core tests is a ‘very viable option’ if state lawmakers fail to act. Jindal made the comment in response to a letter from eight House members who said the governor can opt the state out of the exams and should do that… ‘We believe you have the authority, as governor, under the 2010 PARCC memorandum of understanding, to opt out of the consortium,’ state Rep. Brett Geymann, (R–Lake Charles), and seven other legislators wrote. Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment. Login with: Continue with Facebook Continue with Google Continue with Twitter Common Core Education Share This Post redkudzu_admin The goal of this site is to give information. Whether from national sites or locally in Georgia. Related Articles Gender Identity Curriculum Angers Parents in Virginia January 3rd 2017 Common Core or common failure? Families pull kids out of class November 12th 2013 Common Core Town Hall SWLA October 17th 2014