Oklahoma lawmaker Kern warns against national education standards

 
BY MEGAN ROLLAND mrolland@opubco.com
Published: October 7, 2011

State Rep. Sally Kern urged her fellow House members Thursday not to use national education standards that already are being implemented in many school districts across the state.

Kern said the standards — which specify what a student should know in each grade — are a federal intrusion on state government and should be abandoned.

“The Common Core State Standards are federalization of education and th...


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