The Common Core State Standards are under attack in Georgia. The Republican state committee voted unanimously in June to urge state leaders to abandon the academic standards, which were championed by a bipartisan group of state governors, including former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, and have been adopted by 45 states.
“The members of the State Committee of the Georgia Republican Party should be commended for taking a firm stand against all efforts to nationalize educational standards and testing,” said state Sen. William Ligon, R-Brunswick.
Not all Republicans support a retreat from the standards. “I just want us to have a standard we can be proud of, we can hold our students accountable to, and something that can hold our teachers to an objective standard,” said Gov. Nathan Deal.
Today, two educators debate Common Core, and readers offer their view on the standards.
» PRO: We must stay the course by Pam Williams | CON: Teach kids, not standards by Cindy Lutenbacher
» Response to today's conversation from our readers
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