Senator blocking ed board nominee over Common Core support (may run against McCain)

yourswestvalley.com ^ | 3/31/15 | Howard Fischer

[cotton1706]

PHOENIX -- The head of the Senate Education Committee is blocking the confirmation of one of the governor's picks for the Board of Education because the nominee supports the Common Core academic standards.

Sen. Kelli Ward, R-Lake Havasu City, refused to schedule a hearing on Tim Carter. He is the Yavapai County school superintendent.

More to the point, he was involved in crafting the standards. And that was too much for Ward to take.

"There's a large outcry against Common Core,'' Ward told Capitol Media Services Tuesday. And Ward has made it quite clear she wants them scrapped.

The move comes a day after Ward and other Senate foes of the standards failed to get a majority of their colleagues to approve legislation requiring the standards to be dumped. So Ward has decided to use the tools she has -- specifically her position in running the Education Committee and setting the agenda.

"One of the few things I have as the Education (Committee) chair is the ability to try to stop Common Core right here at this Education Committee level,'' she told Capitol Media Services.

"I voted to stop it,'' Ward said. "But I couldn't stop the other people from voting their way.''

[cotton1706]

If she decides to run against McCain, we should get behind her all the way!

[Nuc 1.1]

Absolutely!

[BobL]

Texas doesn’t have Common Core (thankfully), so that delayed its implementation here. But, according to one person I work with, they (i.e., the education establishment) finally figured out a way to get here - in one of our top school systems in the state.

It’s easy to tell. The parent simply asked the teach what what will taught next week, and the teacher said he(or she) had NO CLUE, and does not even know the night before.

I feel bad for him, but he needed to learn it the hard way. He’s a conservative (a good one), but still stuck believing that teachers (and others in that system) give a rats ass about the kids. So NOW he wants to pull his kid out - a bit late, I’d say.

[ExCTCitizen]

I’ll support her....

[originalbuckeye]

Doug Ducey ran for Governor and was against Common Core. Diane Douglas ran for Superintendent of Public Instruction and won, saying she would get rid of Common Core. Douglas tried to fire two members of the Arizona Board of Education, who support Common Core. Ducey reinstated them, saying Douglas overreached her authority. Ducey committed fraud on the Arizona voters by making claims that aren't true. I would like to see fraud charges against any legislator who lies about their agenda, just to get elected. Ducey would be first in line. If Ward keeps showing strength against fraudulent Republicans, she will get my vote in the Primary.

[hsmomx3]

I am definitely voting for her if she runs against McCain!