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South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has supported a senate bill that would block the implementation of Common Core state standards.
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has written a public letter to Senator Mike Fair, backing his proposal to block the Common Core, which South Carolina’s education board adopted in July 2010 following approval by the Education Oversight Committee.
While full implementation is set for 2014, some educators argued against putting the brakes on already-approved standards. Critics of the standards have asked senators to block the implementation of the math and reading curriculum in South Carolina, writes the Associated Press.
The Common Core initiative, which was led by governors and superintendents through the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers, outlines the skills it has deemed necessary for students in kindergarten through 12th grade nationwide to learn to be ready for college and careers.
While forty-five states have already adopted the curriculum, Fair believes that the state of South Carolina should retain its own standards. But educators in the state believe Common Core would give a true measure of how South Carolina students perform compared to other states.
And Gov. Haley, who is openly critical about the national standards and the federal role in local education, has released letter to express her support for the block:
Dear Senator Fair
South Carolina’s educational system has at times faced challenges of equity, quality and leadership – challenges that cannot be solved by increasing our dependence on federal dollars and the mandates that come with them. Just as we should not relinquish control of education to the Federal government, neither should we cede it to the consensus of other states. Confirming my commitment to finding South Carolina solutions to South Carolina challenges, I am pleased to support your efforts to reverse the 2010 decision to adopt common core standards.
While I understand and agree with looking outside South Carolina for ideas to improve educational outcomes, I firmly believe that our government and our people should retain as much local control over programs as possible. The solution to many of South Carolina’s educational challenges will be found by sending more of our limited resources to the classroom and offering educational choices to meet the needs of South Carolina’s students. Our children deserve swift action and the passage of a clean resolution that will allow our State to reclaim control of and responsibility for educating South Carolinians.
Thank you for the important work you have done on this issue; please let me know if I may be of further assistance.
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February 25th, 2012
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Why does Nikki Haley and Mike Fair think they are smarter than 45 other states???? The only reason Haley is critical of the standards is that she thinks it is an OBama “thing” and even if it was gold, she absolutely hates Obama so much that she would turn down gold – And that is saying something for a gold digger like her.
Why do you call her a golddigger? Because she lobbies aggressively to bring Federal money into her state? That is her job, as governor. If she was less than committed to it, she would be failing her constituents.
I call her a gold digger because she is not really a fiscal conservative especially when she is spending money on herself. Haley has done nothing but spend money since she has been in office – spend money on things SHE wants to spend it on.
Which makes her basically like any other politician. Not to mention, considering the word’s connotations, calling a female politician a golddigger makes me distinctly uncomfortable.
Because they are smarter. The other 45 states sold out their students for $$$$ Race to the top funds. Common Core still puts our students 2 years behind the top performing countries. We lose local control and we can already see that in many areas of the country.
With these standards come a lousy assessment: http://www.edexcellence.net/commentary/education-gadfly-daily/flypaper/2011/guest-post-sbac-math-specifications-dont-add-up.html
Fully agree, she is against anything linked to an “Obama program.” I doubt she disagrees with the merits of the Core standards and 45 other states cant be wrong. She is taking a play from the Palin playbook and is smug in just saying no. My child reads 4 grades above his current grade, same for other subjects. Well of course I got excited until my wife told me the scores were compared only other SC school children…bethcha NJ and other NE states scores would frieghten SC. Maybe that is why Haley is agin em?
I’m a citizen of one of those “other states” who is questioning our state’s wisdom in having joined the CC. We look to S.C. as a leader!
I don’t understand why the CC was suitable in 2010 but all of a sudden isn’t suitable now? What has changed?
No one questions the wisdom of interstate curricular meetings of the minds, nor of raising educational standards. We are questioning the wisdom of accepting money from the federal government, and of signing compliance documents sent out by the supervisory arm of the CC (federal involvement = unconstitutional.) Education belongs to the states. Read the constitution.
that admssion to many nisrung programs are competitive, so I would strongly recommend that you apply to all the good nisrung schools across the country, not just in these states alone. Your chances of getting into something will increase when you apply to more schools.
What does CC actually accomplish? Better teachers? No Better students? No Better parents? No Its a bandaid stuck where a bandaid doesn’t need to be. It looks good and feels good thats about it.
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