Common Core hearing draws 40
About 40 people have shown up at Alexander High School in Douglasville for the first of several hearings held by state Board of Education meetings on the national set of academic standards known as Common Core.
The standards have been opposed by tea party activists and other conservatives as an intrusion into state control of public education. Others, including military, higher education and business officials, view the standards as an improvement that increases the rigor of academic material and harmonizes when students across the country are introduced to that material.
With opponents speaking out more against the standards in Georgia, Gov. Nathan Deal ordered a review of the standards. Wednesday’s hearing is the first of several to be held in each of the state’s congressional districts and was hosted by board member Mary Sue Murray.
Audience members have three minutes to speak for or against the standards. Murray and officials of the state Board of Education were listening and taking notes. The meeting format does not call for them to speak.
