In a recent TNReport article, “Republican” Gov. Bill Haslam breezily dismissed concerns about Common Core:
Haslam said he still supports the controversial nationally focused education-standards system, which appears to be growing in unpopularity among Tennessee teachers. There’s also a sizable contingent of Republican lawmakers in the state’s General Assembly who’ve committed themselves to thwarting it.
“There is some disagreement about where they came from and how they originated; I think there are some misconceptions, and I also think it is a little irrelevant.”
Read the story here...
http://rockytoppolitics.com/2014/10/08/haslam-failure-to-communicate/
Haslam said he still supports the controversial nationally focused education-standards system, which appears to be growing in unpopularity among Tennessee teachers. There’s also a sizable contingent of Republican lawmakers in the state’s General Assembly who’ve committed themselves to thwarting it.
“There is some disagreement about where they came from and how they originated; I think there are some misconceptions, and I also think it is a little irrelevant.”
Read the story here...
http://rockytoppolitics.com/2014/10/08/haslam-failure-to-communicate/
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