Tennessee Parents - Reclaiming Public Education for our children
  • HOME
  • OUR VOICES/BLOG
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • CONTACT US

Breaking NEWS: County Commission says NO to Common Core

2/20/2014

 
Breaking NEWS: County Commission says NO to Common CoreOn February 18, 2014:
The elected County Commission of Bradley County voted 9 to 4 to adopt a strongly worded Resolution Against Common Core:
 
Picture
Picture
Last week, Tennessee parents emailed you the breaking news about Bradley County School Board's Resolution and told you that:
The Bradley County School District is in Cleveland, TN (east of Chattanooga).  Bradley County ranks above-average on test scores and above-average on graduation rates compared to other school districts in Tennessee.

This Resolution comes from the elected County Commission of Bradley County, who wanted to support their School Board, but also send a Resolution "with more teeth" to Nashville.  

Rumor has it that the Bills to repeal Common Core (HB2332/SB2405) are being blocked by the chairs of the House & Senate Education committees (Rep. Harry Brooks & Sen. Delores Gresham) from ever reaching the House and Senate floor for votes.  However, the number of co-sponsors on the bill are growing, and pressure is coming from local districts to force these through.

So, TN parents, keep it up!  

Parents, click HERE to contact legislators.  Ask them to sign on as a co-sponsor to HB2332/SB2405 to repeal Common Core.  

You can also forward these Resolutions to your locally elected School Board and County Commission and ask them to adopt them, too:

Click HERE to download the Bradley County School Board Resolution
Click HERE to download the Bradley County Commission Resolution

 
We've heard other brave school districts in TN are working on their own Resolutions against Common Core.  If your district is one of them, please let TN Parents know so we can let help get the word out.  Parents are eager to hear good news, especially since the media is strangely silent on these issues.  Many people have responded to our emails and through our website telling us how much they appreciate our emails, blogs, and links so that they know what is going on across the state.

Bradley County created a huge splash, but their ripples are being felt all over Tennessee.  There are undercurrents brewing in every district, and Bradley County is leading the way.  

Thank you, Bradley County leaders, for your wisdom and courage!

 


Comments are closed.

    Authors:
    real parents & real teachers
    from TN

    They are afraid to speak up and risk their jobs... They want to protect their children... This blog is for them:  Their voices need to be heard.

    These blogs are emailed to these TN officials:  
    the TN Board of Education, 
    the TN Commissioner of Education,
    the 99 TN House Representatives,

    the 33 TN Senators,
    the Governor of TN,
    every Superintendent in TN,
    hundreds of locally elected school board members across TN,
    and parents... lots and lots of parents.

    Categories

    All
    ALEC
    Arne Duncan
    ASD
    Barbic
    Campaign Contributions
    Charter
    Common Core
    Consultants
    CRA
    Crisis
    EOCs
    ESL
    Evaluations
    Faux Parents
    Governor
    Haslam
    Huffman
    Kindergarten
    KIPP
    Laws
    Legislators
    Lobbyist
    Mcqueen
    NAEP
    Next Gen Science Standards
    Opt Out
    PARCC
    Parents
    Petition
    Plan
    Pre-K
    Protest
    Pta
    Ravitch
    Reform
    RELAY
    Resolution
    Rocketship
    RSD
    SAT10
    School Board
    School Board
    Score
    Sneaky Politician
    Student Data
    Student Privacy
    Students
    Studentsfirst
    Superintendent
    TCAP
    Teachers
    Tenure
    Testing
    Tfa
    TNDOE
    TNReady
    Tree
    Tripod
    TVAAS
    University Of Memphis
    US DOE
    Vouchers

    Archives

    March 2017
    February 2016
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    July 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.