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The Week in Common Core

By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | July 21, 2014

Yes, sometimes ignorance is bliss . . . at least for a little while.  Such was the case this past week when I took my kids on vacation to Door County.  I was extremely successful at totally unplugging.  I mean no news, no emails, no texts, no phone calls, no nothing.  Imagine my surprise (and yes, chagrin) this weekend as I started catching up on all of the Common Core news from the week.

First was Governor Walker’s announcement calling on the Legislature to pass a bill repealing the Common Core.  In this one-sentence statement, Walker said the Legislature should repeal the Common Core and “replace it with standards set by people in Wisconsin.”

As partisan sparring ensued, State Superintendent Tony Evers issued a news release supporting the Common Core State Standards and pleading with state policymakers to “keep politics out of the classroom and remain focused on what’s most important — delivering a college and career ready education to Wisconsin’s students.”

Little noticed was an editorial from the Beloit Daily News that called the outlandish claims about the Common Core made by radical politicians “nonsense.”  The paper went on to say that the reasons behind the development of the Common Core continue to make sense.

Then, we were treated to Republican legislators trading jabs over the Common Core and the Governor’s statement, as captured in these articles from the Madison Cap Times and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Finally, long-time Journal Sentinel education reporter and columnist Alan Borsuk batted clean-up with a column that is must reading for all SAA members.  In it Borsuk claims that Walker’s Common Core statement and the ensuing furor indicates that the “silly season is in full swing.”

Ah yes.  The bliss of an unplugged vacation was good while it lasted, but now it’s over.  More to come on the continuing “silly season.”  Thanks for listening and, as always, thanks for all that you do on behalf of Wisconsin school children.

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