{"id":20382,"date":"2013-10-16T00:01:05","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T04:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/?p=20382"},"modified":"2013-10-16T16:31:16","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T20:31:16","slug":"supporters-opponents-of-floridas-common-education-standards-have-their-say-in-tampa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2013\/10\/16\/supporters-opponents-of-floridas-common-education-standards-have-their-say-in-tampa\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporters, Opponents Of Florida’s Common Education Standards Have Their Say In Tampa"},"content":{"rendered":"
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John O'Connor<\/p>

Emma Jane Miller speaks against Common Core State Standards Tuesday. She said using standards developed with support from private groups is education without representation.<\/p><\/div>\n

Lory Baxley said she drove two hours to discuss her complaints about Common Core standards<\/a> after checking out her son\u2019s math assignments.<\/p>\n

Baxley\u2019s son earned top scores on the FCAT, but now he\u2019s worried if he\u2019ll pass fourth grade. She blamed Common Core.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbout four weeks into the first grading period I noticed a difference in my fourth grader and a difference in his coursework,” Baxley told more than 200 people at Hillsborough Community College. “The math was hodgepodge \u2013 no sequence. My son had everything from a line graph to an algebraic problem, as well as numerous different ways to multiply, all on the same homework sheet.”<\/p>\n

Florida is one of 45 states to fully adopt the standards. They outline what students should know in math and English at the end of each grade. <\/a>Kindergarten, first and second grade classrooms are using Common Core now. Other grades are using a blend of Common Core and Florida’s previous standards. Next year, every grade is scheduled to exclusively use Common Core.
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Common Core has broad support among educators, but is also facing a rising number of critics.<\/p>\n

They say the standards aren\u2019t as good as Florida\u2019s current standards, will require the state to give up local control, and require too much testing among other concerns.<\/p>\n

Those criticisms convinced Gov. Rick Scott to request the three public meetings this week<\/a>, the first of which was in Tampa.<\/p>\n

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