I note that your article omitted, in regard to the roll-out of Common Core that the State established in its ESEA Wavier that it executed with the USDOE that there would be a “new state-developed curriculum aligned with CCSS, meaning that no districts will have to undertake this work themselves.” However, in the late summer/early fall of 2012, when districts were anticipating the release of the “new state-developed curriculum aligned with CCSS” Supt. White announced that the State would not be developing a “curriculum aligned with CCSS” but rather would let school districts develop that curriculum, with some assistance offered by the LDOE. Of note, the commitment to “a new state-developed curriculum aligned to CCSS” was retained in the ESEA Waiver approved in April of 2013, after the Superintendent’s announcement in 2012.
You will not find the phrase “new state-developed curriculum aligned with CCSS, meaning that no districts will have to undertake this work themselves” anywhere in it.
However you will find the following under “Full Implementation” on page 28: “During 2013-2014, the LDOE will identify curriculum resources for all grades and subjects that fully align to the CCSS for use by all schools and districts. The CCSS will fully replace the Grade-Level Expectations in ELA and Mathematics, and new content standards for Social Studies and Science, pending adoption by BESE, will be in place for all grades.”
Here are those curriculum resources that LDOE promised to identify (NOT create) for districts: http://pcook.me/JIqn
Furthermore, LDOE is prohibited from mandating that districts use a specific curriculum.
I note that your article omitted, in regard to the roll-out of Common Core that the State established in its ESEA Wavier that it executed with the USDOE that there would be a “new state-developed curriculum aligned with CCSS, meaning that no districts will have to undertake this work themselves.” However, in the late summer/early fall of 2012, when districts were anticipating the release of the “new state-developed curriculum aligned with CCSS” Supt. White announced that the State would not be developing a “curriculum aligned with CCSS” but rather would let school districts develop that curriculum, with some assistance offered by the LDOE. Of note, the commitment to “a new state-developed curriculum aligned to CCSS” was retained in the ESEA Waiver approved in April of 2013, after the Superintendent’s announcement in 2012.
I hope your legal researching skills are better than your Common Core researching skills, counselor.
Here is the ESEA flexibility waiver request for Louisiana: http://pcook.me/8VOM
You will not find the phrase “new state-developed curriculum aligned with CCSS, meaning that no districts will have to undertake this work themselves” anywhere in it.
However you will find the following under “Full Implementation” on page 28: “During 2013-2014, the LDOE will identify curriculum resources for all grades and subjects that fully align to the CCSS for use by all schools and districts. The CCSS will fully replace the Grade-Level Expectations in ELA and Mathematics, and new content standards for Social Studies and Science, pending adoption by BESE, will be in place for all grades.”
Here are those curriculum resources that LDOE promised to identify (NOT create) for districts: http://pcook.me/JIqn
Furthermore, LDOE is prohibited from mandating that districts use a specific curriculum.