Group Presents Pro-Common Core Petition
Oklahoma lawmakers receive petitions backing Common Core education standards
By Randy Ellis
A group supporting Oklahoma’s Common Core education standards presented state lawmakers Wednesday with more than 7,000 electronic signatures asking for continued support of the stiffer education standards.
The signatures were obtained through an Internet petition circulated by a group called The Expect More OK! Coalition.
The Common Core standards, adopted by the Legislature in 2010, have been extremely controversial — particularly a provision that would require students who fail a third-grade reading test to repeat the grade.
A group protesting the standards previously appeared at the state Capitol.
Amber England, governmental affairs director of The Expect More OK! Coalition, said petitioners wanted to show the Legislature that there is a lot of support for Common Core among Oklahoma parents, teachers and business organizations.