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by WARNER TODD HUSTON 19 Mar 2014
Once again a state has found itself in a tough fight in the effort to eliminate its Common Core education policies and once again the fight is unexpectedly occurring between factions of the Republican Party instead of between members of the GOP and the Democrats.
Common Core has been quite a sticking point in Arizona, so intense that Republican Governor Jan Brewer bowed to pressure to do something about it. Her solution was just to rename the state's Common Core program in order to draw attention away from the controversy.
Unfortunately, despite the renaming of the policy--it is now "Arizona’s College and Career Ready Standards"--the name change did not denote much by way of any changes to the policy and didn't do a thing to satisfy opponents of Common Core.
Since Brewer's big policy name change Republicans in the state have been squabbling over what to do about the standards that most feel are little different from the Common Core policies that parents and tea party groups in the state opposed from the beginning. And now the squabble has moved to the Arizona State Board of Education.
Two appointees to the Board of Ed are about to lose their seats and it just so happens that the two targeted voted in favor of the Common Core policies under fire.
continued..http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Govern...Fight-in-Arizona-Breaks-Out-Among-Republicans
Once again a state has found itself in a tough fight in the effort to eliminate its Common Core education policies and once again the fight is unexpectedly occurring between factions of the Republican Party instead of between members of the GOP and the Democrats.
Common Core has been quite a sticking point in Arizona, so intense that Republican Governor Jan Brewer bowed to pressure to do something about it. Her solution was just to rename the state's Common Core program in order to draw attention away from the controversy.
Unfortunately, despite the renaming of the policy--it is now "Arizona’s College and Career Ready Standards"--the name change did not denote much by way of any changes to the policy and didn't do a thing to satisfy opponents of Common Core.
Since Brewer's big policy name change Republicans in the state have been squabbling over what to do about the standards that most feel are little different from the Common Core policies that parents and tea party groups in the state opposed from the beginning. And now the squabble has moved to the Arizona State Board of Education.
Two appointees to the Board of Ed are about to lose their seats and it just so happens that the two targeted voted in favor of the Common Core policies under fire.
continued..http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Govern...Fight-in-Arizona-Breaks-Out-Among-Republicans
