Ohio House leaders move to repeal Common Core [View all]

The Cincinnati Enquirer
Ohio House leaders move to repeal Common Core
Chrissie Thompson
July 28, 2014

Ohio will repeal the state's use of national Common Core educational standards and require schools to implement totally new standards if Ohio House leaders get their way.

With the blessing of the speaker of the house, Speaker Pro Tempore Matt Huffman, R-Lima, on Monday introduced a bill to repeal the standards that are being implemented at Ohio schools next month. House leaders are fast-tracking the bill: sending it to a committee chaired by Huffman instead of the usual education committee and hoping for a vote in the full House when the General Assembly returns the second week of November.

"The leadership in the House supports the repeal of these standards, with the substitution of other high standards, to get the federal government out of the business of education in Ohio," Huffman told reporters. "This issue has turned. Americans now view this as an intrusion by the federal government on the most important thing to them: the education of their children.... This is beginning to prove to be another disaster by the federal government."

Common Core takes effect for the first time this fall, so its impact on students' education is still hypothetical. Still, standardizing education nationally fails to take into account the unique needs and culture of each region, Huffman said....

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