Evers has been promoted by Democrats and criticized by Republicans for his 2010 adoption of the controversial Common Core academic standards, and criticized for the DPI's rocky rollout of a new state test to measure their effect on student learning. (host.madison.com)
Unlike in other states where governors were intimately involved with Common Core implementation, Cuomo has largely stayed out of the process, letting state education commissioner John King and the state Board of Regents take the heat from parents and teachers over the rocky rollout. (politico.com)
The Regents, which are elected by a joint session of the State Legislature, approved a slate of regulatory and policy changes last week that are meant to address teachers», parents» and lawmakers» concern about the rocky rollout of the more difficult curriculum guidelines. (politico.com)