Hundreds Protest Common Core Standards At Capitol Monday
Hundreds protest common core ed standards in Okla.
The Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY The chairman of the Senate Education Committee says he’s committed to a set of education standards in math and English known as common core, despite a protest by hundreds of people who packed into his committee room urging a repeal.
Holding signs that read “Hear the Bill,” several dozen opponents of the new standards packed into a Senate meeting room on Monday and urged Republican Sen. John Ford of Bartlesville to schedule a hearing on a bill to repeal them.
Ford says he supports the standards and doesn’t intend to hear the bill.
A group of common core opponents surrounded Ford after the hearing and peppered him with their concerns about the bill.