Today senators in Tennessee are meeting to determine the fate of the Common Core State Standards. Some are calling it the Nashville Showdown. Seven speakers on each side of the debate get to speak. Five of the fourteen are from the conservative group the Tennessee Eagle Forum. Here is a list of the speakers and what they will discuss from the following link. http://nashvillepost.com/blogs/postpolitics/2013/9/16/common_core_hearings_stacked_with_experts_paid_by_tea_party .
TESTIFYING ON DATA
Ms. Jane Robbins, American Principles Project*
TESTIFYING ON THE TENNESSEE STORY
Ms. Jamie Woodson, President and Chief Executive Office of SCORE
TESTIFYING ON COST
Mr. Ted Rebarber*
HIGHER EDUCATION AND ASSESSMENT
Dr. Candice McQueen
COMMON CORE OVERVIEW
Ms. Joy Pullman, Heartland Institute*
TESTIFYING ON STANDARDS
Mr. Mike Petrilli, Executive Vice President of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute
TESTIFYING ON GEORGIA SENATE BILL 167
Senator William Ligon*
TESTIFYING ON PREPARING TENNESSEE’S WORKFORCE
Mr. Pitt Hyde III, Autozone Founder
TESTIFYING ON ASSESMENTS
Ms. Peg Luksik*
TESTIFYING ON THE TEACHER’S PERSPECTIVE
Ms. Casie Jones
TESTIFYING ON STANDARDS
Ms. Audrey Buffington*
TESTIFYING ON THE MILITARY PERSPECTIVE
Lt. Colonel Eric Goslowski, Director of J-9
TESTIFYING ON THE INSIDER’S VIEW
Mr. Jerry Lowery, Assistant Principal at White County High School*
TESTIFYING ON THE DISTRICT LEADER’S PERSPECTIVE
Mr. Clint Satterfield, Director of Trousdale County Schools
I am not in favor of the CCSS and I have made that clear, but I can’t help but wonder where the parents and teachers are in this discussion. Is Casie Jones a teacher? Even if she is, she is one out of many. I am grateful to two senators, Senator Dickerson and Senator Gardenhire, for agreeing to look at my book, Misguided Education Reform: Debating the Impact on Students. I hope I swayed their opinion against CCSS. But if I were a betting person, I’d predict the CCSS will become the law of the land in Tennessee. There are too many powerful interests who want this. Then again, I could be wrong. Some states like Indiana have said no. Stay tuned….
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