Blog Utah guv tells education board ‘it doesn’t matter who is right or wrong’ — it’s time to move away from Common Core Share This Post Education / Government Utah guv tells education board ‘it doesn’t matter who is right or wrong’ — it’s time to move away from Common Core By redkudzu_admin on May 15th 2016 No Comments / 183 views Utah’s Board of Education has agreed to end SAGE testing in high school and review its use of the Common Core State Standards — if lawmakers lend a hand. The board regularly reviews and updates state standards in academic subjects, but members voted on Friday to accelerate the schedule for Utah’s math and English standards — which are based, in part, on the Common Core — if lawmakers provide significant one-time funding to accomplish that task. “We need the bandwidth because we are essentially taking this a little bit earlier but we don’t want to stop what we’re already doing,” said David Thomas, vice chairman of the state school board. read 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 Share This Post redkudzu_admin The goal of this site is to give information. Whether from national sites or locally in Georgia. Related Articles Miracles Do Happen: Governor and Chair of Common Core Organization (NGA) Rejects Common Core May 9th 2016 HOW STATES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS CAN OPT OUT OF COMMON CORE July 3rd 2014 Common Core math question for sixth graders: Was the 2000 election ‘fair’? February 22nd 2014