Live Tweets From Committee Hearing on Restricting Common Core in Georgia
Martha Dalton is down at the state Capitol covering the hearing by the House Education Comittee on Senate Bill 167.
This controversial bill, introduced by Sen. William Ligon (R-Brunswick), would mandate a review of the Common Core education standards, prevent Georgia from implementing other education standards, would prevent the state from adopting certain assessments, and would severely limit data collection.
A more complete report on the hearing will be published later, but we’re posting some of Martha’s tweets here to track the committee action as it happens.
For more detail about SB 167, you can read this earlier story. And click here for a compilation of our coverage of the Common Core controversies.
Sen. William Ligon (R-Brunswick) defends the bill he sponsored to separate #Georgia from @common_core. #wabenews pic.twitter.com/9bahPtytn2— Martha Dalton (@wabedalton) March 5, 2014
State supt. @DrJohnBarge tells House Ed. Committee Common Core bill would throw several education initiatives into chaos. #wabenews— Martha Dalton (@wabedalton) March 5, 2014
Troup County teacher Katie Brown tells House Ed. Committee kids need skills outlined in Common Core to compete in the workforce. #wabenews— Martha Dalton (@wabedalton) March 5, 2014
Margaret Ciccarelli, of PAGE, tells Ed. Committee their polling shows majority of teachers support Common Core. #wabenews— Martha Dalton (@wabedalton) March 5, 2014
Ret. Maj. Gen. David Bockel tells committee Common Core helps standardize instruction for kids in military families. #wabenews— Martha Dalton (@wabedalton) March 5, 2014
Angela Palm, of the Georgia School Boards Association, says bill lacks consistency, will have unintended consequences. #wabenews— Martha Dalton (@wabedalton) March 5, 2014
President of the Georgia Republican Assembly says Common Core is a federal overreach. #wabenews— Martha Dalton (@wabedalton) March 5, 2014
Tanya Ditty, state director of Concerned Women for America, says Common Core math standards aren’t appropriate, cause frustration. #wabenews— Martha Dalton (@wabedalton) March 5, 2014
#Georgia Council of Teachers of Mathematics supports Common Core, says SB 167 is flawed. #wabenews— Martha Dalton (@wabedalton) March 5, 2014
College English professor says students aren’t well-prepared, but says Common Core will make things worse. #wabenews— Martha Dalton (@wabedalton) March 5, 2014
One parent says #Georgia shouldn’t keep education “inside its borders,” says bill is too restrictive. #wabenews— Martha Dalton (@wabedalton) March 5, 2014
100 Black Men of Atlanta shows support for Common Core, doesn’t support SB 167. #wabenews— Martha Dalton (@wabedalton) March 5, 2014
Georgia Science Teachers Association pres. Zoe Evans says she helped write science standards bill prevents #Georgia from adopting. #wabenews— Martha Dalton (@wabedalton) March 5, 2014
#Georgia Baptist Convention leader says Common Core takes control away from parents and teachers, supports SB 167. #wabenews— Martha Dalton (@wabedalton) March 5, 2014
#Georgia Council of Teachers of English president says Common Core has made standards coherent, says GPS was more cumbersome. #wabenews— Martha Dalton (@wabedalton) March 5, 2014
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