Elimination of common core in Florida

Submitted by Judy Hanning on Mon, 2020-04-13 06:00

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis replaced Common Core standards with alternative standards, known as Benchmark for Excellent Student Thinking. The aim of the new standards addresses the problems opponents believe hold students back. The Governor believes the new standards will exceed the former model. Furthermore, he believes other states will take notice and abandon the Common Core model. DeSantis claims changes were spurred on by complaints from parents and teachers over the concern Common Core model is rigid.

Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran is recommending the State Board of Education meet to formally adopt new proposed standards.

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Florida will be the first state in the nation with an ELA booklist that spans grades K-12, the first state in the nation with a civics booklist embedded in its ELA standards, and a state that has dropped the crazy math

Key Takeaways:

Ron DeSantis has brought back flordia control of education

Ron DeSantis listened to complaints of teachers

Ron DeSantis dislikes the common core

Read the full article here:
https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/education/florida-common-core/67-8e9073e0-3118-4098-8697-e2984796bf78

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