Ed Board Wrangles Over What To Do About Common Core
Oklahoma state Board of Education votes to delay adopting formal plan to replace Common Core standards, prompting Janet Barresi to lose her cool
by Tim Willert, NewsOK.com
The pressure is on to develop new state academic standards, but the process has bogged down and frustrations are mounting amid efforts to be inclusive.
State Board of Education members said Wednesday they need more time to gather information before approving the framework for developing new standards in math and English, prompting state schools Superintendent Janet Barresi to lose her cool.
The board voted 5-1 to again delay adopting a formal plan to replace Common Core standards repealed last month by the Oklahoma Legislature.
Frustrated, in part, by pushback from three education groups she said opposed the repeal, Barresi lashed out, raising her voice to an uncomfortable level and slamming her fist down on a table.
“I put in front of you the reality of where this state is right now,” she said, her lip starting to quiver. “I am not proud of it. I have fought for it ever since. It is the system.