{"id":12224,"date":"2013-10-14T15:10:49","date_gmt":"2013-10-14T19:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=12224"},"modified":"2013-10-15T09:00:08","modified_gmt":"2013-10-15T13:00:08","slug":"afternoon-read-high-emotion-in-common-core-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2013\/10\/14\/afternoon-read-high-emotion-in-common-core-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Afternoon read: High emotion in Common Core debate"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Saranac Lake middle school students take the state standardized English language arts test in April 2012 in the school’s gymnasium. Photo: Chris Knight, courtesy Adirondack Daily Enterprise<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

New York’s education commissioner John King was supposed to hold town hall meetings across the state to discuss the new Common Core curriculum that the state rolled out last year.<\/p>\n

The meetings were sponsored by the New York State PTA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But after a meeting in Poughkeepsie got pretty rowdy<\/a>, Commissioner King has cancelled the remaining 4 meetings.<\/p>\n

He said in a statement that the PTA-sponsored meetings had been “co-opted by special interests<\/a>.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Lana Ajemian, president of the New York State PTA, \u00a0wrote about the divisive meeting on the organization’s blog<\/a>, saying that the atmosphere was “not productive to continue.”<\/p>\n

You can see a video of testimony at the Poughkeepsie meeting <\/span>here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0The crowd starts jeering when the commissioner begins to address the crowd during the public comment period. It’s around 5 minutes and 27 seconds in.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Emotions run high when it comes to Common Core<\/a> — and the testing it requires.<\/p>\n

Are you a teacher, parent, or student who has experience with the new curriculum? What do you think? Is this debate happening in your community?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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