The NYSUT Board of Directors on Saturday unanimously passed a resolution declaring "no confidence" in the policies of SED Commissioner John King and calling for his removal by the Board of Regents. The resolution withdraws NYSUT's support for the Common Core standards as implemented and interpreted in New York state until SED agrees to major course corrections, including a three-year moratorium on high stakes consequences from state standardized testing.
This historic NYSUT vote comes after more than two years of vigorous and steadily escalating NYSUT action sounding the alarm on the widespread problems caused by SED's failed implementation of Common Core. The resolution goes to the NYSUT RA in April.
See additional media coverage from Politico, an article and editorial in the AlbanyTimes Union and a blog item by Diane Ravitch.
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