A member of the Oregon House of Representatives, Carl Wilson, has introduced a bill that would prohibit the state Department of Education from requiring school districts to align instruction or assessments with Common Core state standards.
Wilson, a Republican and a member of the House Education Committee, had this to say about his proposal, House Bill 2835: "Common Core-based instruction has failed Oregon's students, confounded Oregon's teachers and is the bane of parents and school children everywhere. … I've heard from parents and teachers statewide who feel that Common Core is 'the worst' in a long succession of failed education experiments foisted upon our kids. This bill would put a stop to this disastrous policy."
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