Concerns about Common Core

I would like to say that I am very well informed about Common Core and the testing to accompany it, but I am NOT. I have only learned about it last summer, but it was mandated by the state in 2010. I do not know enough about it to say whether it is good, bad or in between.

I have gone to my local school board and asked if the total adoption of Common Core and the assessments could be slowed down. The board said, “No,” as it was a state mandate. The Somers/Lakeside district will be doing pilot testing very soon. The district will get no results. I don’t think that a parent can ask to have their child excluded from the testing and be given something else to do.

Anyway, since I do not have enough hours in a day to try to sort all of this out, I have gone to a website: montanansagainstcommoncore.com and have signed a petition to try to stop Common Core. I need the time to catch up to what the state Board of Education has put into place.

If you are also concerned please go to the website BEFORE March 10.

Harris is a resident of Lakeside