[Wisc.] State superintendent warns bill could undo Common Core standards [View all]

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Source: Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

Legislation poised to be rushed through the Assembly and Senate could set the stage for undoing a set of nationwide academic standards being implemented in Wisconsin and threatens to undermine the authority of the Department of Public Instruction, the state superintendent said.

The bill set for a vote in the Assembly Education Committee Thursday morning, and a companion Senate version introduced this week, represents the latest showdown in the polarizing debate over the Common Core State Standards.

"As soon as I saw this, I gasped," State Superintendent Tony Evers said of the legislation, which has the backing of conservative Republicans and Gov. Scott Walker.

"If we thought the Common Core State Standards were political before, this ratchets it up about 1,000 percent," Evers said.

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