Florida, Maybe Alabama — Will More States Drop Common Core?
June 26, 2019
By: Linda Jacobson
Source: Education Dive
Florida eliminated the Common Core State Standards this year with an executive order from Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, but in Alabama, getting rid of the standards is taking a more indirect route.
Next March, Alabama voters will decide on an amendment to the state constitution that would eliminate the elected state board as well as the state superintendent position. In their place, the governor would appoint an education commission and secretary of elementary and secondary education — all to be confirmed by the state Senate.
Then that new commission would be required to replace the Common Core with a “course of study standards that ensure nationwide consistency and the seamless transfer of students from within and outside of the state.”