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Hunter Announces that Feds Approve Plan 2020

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter North Alabama School Board Member Mary Scott Hunter announced in a written email to constituents that Alabama has received a waiver from the federal government from the onerous demands of the “No Child Left Behind” Act. State school board member Hunter said, “Last week, the US Department of Education … Continued
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July 1, 2013

Roby Joins Fight for States Rights in Education

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday conservative Congresswoman Martha Roby (R) from Montgomery introduced legislation that would firmly establish the Constitutional principle that states govern education policy and set standards and would strip the federal government of the authority to use grant money and other incentives to blackmail the states into surrendering control … Continued
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May 23, 2013
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House Committee holds public hearing on Common Core repeal

By Beth Clayton MONTGOMERY—Wednesday, the House committee on education policy heard testimony on HB 565, introduced by Representative Jim Barton (R-Mobile), repealing common core education standards in Alabama. Senator Del Marsh announced on Tuesday that a similar bill, SB190, would be withdrawn in the Senate because he didn’t feel that they had appropriate time to … Continued
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April 26, 2013

Conservatives Angry at Marsh for Blocking Common Core Vote

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Prior to the 2013 Alabama legislative session it seemed all but certain that the Republican super majority would overturn the unpopular Common Core Standards that the Obama Administration is promoting.  19 state Senators had told Tea Party groups before the session that they were opposed to implementing common core.  … Continued
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April 26, 2013
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Marsh Falls on Sword for Diamond Mike on Common Core

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Republican Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh said that for the 2013 session, Common Core is “off the table.” This statement sent shockwaves through the Conservative wing of the Alabama Republican Party. The fight to repeal Common Core had reached the pinnacle of conservative politics with the RNC passing … Continued
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April 26, 2013
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Why I Cannot Support the Common Core Standards

By Diane Ravitch I have thought long and hard about the Common Core standards. I have decided that I cannot support them. In this post, I will explain why. I have long advocated for voluntary national standards, believing that it would be helpful to states and districts to have general guidelines about what students should … Continued
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April 23, 2013

Heritage Foundation Scholar Speaks Out on Common Core

Exclusive to Alreporter.com By Bill Britt MONTGOMERY—Last week, Alabama received a visit from one of the country’s leading voices on education reform issues. Lindsey Burke researches and writes on federal and state education issues as the Will Skillman fellow in education policy at The Heritage Foundation. Burke focuses on two critical areas of education policy: … Continued
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April 22, 2013
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My Child is NOT Common

By A Single Mom If you keep up with what’s happening in our state at all, you’ve heard of Common Core. In a very literal sense, recent decisions made by the Alabama State Board of Education have completely turned my life upside down. I’m a single mother of three beautiful children. I work too many … Continued
April 22, 2013

Alabama Legislative Watch Dog Opposes Common Core

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday the conservative group, Alabama Legislative Watchdog is car pooling to Montgomery to oppose what they call the “Common Obama-Core” in Alabama. The new Common Core Curriculum is opposed by Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) and many conservatives because it traps Alabama’s school students in a federal government … Continued
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February 27, 2013
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Common Core: The Cookie-Cutter, One-Size-Fits All Education Standards


By Sharon Sewell
 Alabamians United for Excellence in Education (http://www.auee.org) This article responds to unfounded claims made in a joint OpEd written by State Board of Education Members Mary Scott Hunter of Huntsville and Tracey Roberts of Mobile. Their OpEd reveals a naiveté about the meaning of the current presidential administration’s description of Common Core … Continued
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February 26, 2013