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“The measure – similar to one proposed last year – calls for AP, IB and similar courses and tests to be aligned with new, non-Common Core Kansas standards. Educators say that directive would be difficult, if not impossible, because such courses are modeled on national or international frameworks. “According to the bill’s fiscal note, it would prohibit anything related to Common Core in Kansas classrooms and would require new standards for math and language arts and new assessments. The Kansas State Department of Education has estimated the development of new standards would take two years and cost $9...

KNEA’s Mark Desetti explains what happened in February 17th’s House Education Committee with the gut and go and passage of a new extreme anti-Common Core bill without public notice or a hearing after a talk that was to be on the history of education. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69exrI2phM8&feature=youtu.be...

We’re getting questions about this so we went ahead and posted about it. On February 17th, the House Education Committee did what is called a “gut and go” where they took the contents of HB 2676 and put it into another bill 2292 and passed it without a hearing. The former 2676/now 2292 is an anti-Common Core bill worded so broadly as to prohibit the teaching of any materials or purchase of any materials aligned with common core. It specifically talks about IB and AP, stating, “If advanced placement, international baccalaureate, dual credit or other similar courses and...