Listening Session with Georgia State Representatives and Senators

Presentation provided by:Dr. Mary Kay Bacallao, Board of Education Member, Fayette CountyWebsite: www.marykaybacallao.jimdo.comE-mail: marykaybacallao@hotmail.com

New Regulations

Have you ever been subjected to new rules because of the mistakes of others? A few students misbehave so the whole class misses recess. That limits freedom and initiative for non-offenders.

Standards for School Board Members

Did you know that there are standards for school board members?• Why?• Who?• When?

(1) “The State Board of Education shall adopt a training program for members of local boards of education by July 1, 2011. The State Board of Education may periodically adopt revisions to such training program as it deems necessary.(2) Within three months of adoption by the State Board of Education of a training program pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection, each local board of education and each governing board of other local units of administration shall adopt a training program for members of such boards that includes, at a minimum, such training program and requirements established by the State Board of Education pursuant to paragraph (1) of this

subsection. Each local board of education shall incorporate any revisions adopted by the State Board of Education to the training program pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection within three months of adoption of such revisions.”

Georgia State Board of Education Brad Bryant, State Superintendent of SchoolsOctober 26, 2010 Page 6 of 15

Equity vs. Equality: Equal Results or Equal Opportunity?“Emphasis on 0- age 5” Compulsory Attendance begins at age 5“Public Private-Partnerships”Un-consitutional “Student academic failure is unacceptable.”Without the freedom to fail, students will not learn how to succeed. “Reduce the number of agencies”

Georgia Code § 20-2-240(a) further asserts:

“The State Board of Education shall adopt and prescribe all rules, regulations, and policies required by this article (Article 6) and such other rules, regulations, and policies as may be reasonably necessary or advisable for proper implementation, enforcement and carrying out of this article and other public school laws and for assuring a more economical and efficient operation of the public schools of this state or any phase of public elementary and secondary education in this state.”

Georgia State Board of Education Brad Bryant, State Superintendent of SchoolsOctober 26, 2010 Page 6 of 15

U. S. Constitution Article 1 Section 8Enumerated Powers- do not include education

Amendment X

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor

prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

Ga. Constitution Article 8 Section 1

• The provision of an adequate public education for the citizens shall be a primary obligation of the State of Georgia. Public education for the citizens prior to the college or postsecondary level shall be free and shall be provided for by taxation.

• There shall be a State Board of Education which shall consist of one member from each congressional district in the state appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate. (changed in 1983)

Article 8 Section 5Local School Systems

Authority is granted to county and area boards of education to establish and maintain public schools within their limits.

Words that do not appear in the Ga. State Constitution

• Curriculum• Assessment• Test• Standards• Textbooks

GEORGIA STATUTES AND CODES § 20-2-49 - Standards for local board of education members

The General Assembly finds that local boards of education play a critical role in setting the policies that lead to the operation and success of local school systems. School board members hold special roles as trustees of public funds, including local, state, and federal funds, while they focus on the singular objective of ensuring each student in the local school system receives a quality basic education. Board duties require specialized skills and training in the performance of vision setting, policy making, approving multimillion dollar budgets,

and hiring a qualified superintendent. The motivation to serve as a member of a local board of education should be the improvement of schools and academic achievement of all students. Service

on a local board of education is important citizen service. Given the specialized nature and unique role of membership on a local board of education, this elected office should be characterized and treated differently from other elected offices where the primary duty is independently to represent constituent views. Local board of education members should abide by a code of conduct and conflict of interest policy modeled for their unique roles and responsibilities. And although there are many measures of the

success of a local board of education, one is clearly essential: maintaining accreditation and the opportunities it allows the school system's students.

http://statutes.laws.com/georgia/title-20/chapter-2/article-3/20-2-49#sthash.Wzmtl0pM.dpuf

The History of SACS and Advanc-Ed

http://www.advanc-ed.org/company-overview

GEORGIA STATUTES AND CODES § 20-2-140 - State Board of Education to establish competencies and

uniformly sequenced core curriculum

The State Board of Education shall establish competencies that each student is expected to master prior to completion of the student's public school education. The state board shall also establish competencies for which each student should be provided opportunities, at the discretion of the student and the student's parents, to master. Based upon these foregoing competencies,

the state board shall adopt a uniformly sequenced core curriculum for grades kindergarten through 12. Each local unit of administration

shall include this uniformly sequenced core curriculum as the basis for its own curriculum, although each local unit may expand and

enrich this curriculum to the extent it deems necessary and appropriate for its students and communities.

http://statutes.laws.com/georgia/title-20/chapter-2/article-6/part-2/20-2-140#sthash.cksuXN2r.dpuf

Elected officials, their constituents and parents are by passed.

Appointed State School Board members make the decisions about

curriculum.

How should school governance work?

Let’s look at some ancient principles, used by the founding fathers.

The United States of AmericaA Constitutional Republic

…govern ourselves through elected representatives.

You are our elected representatives.We are the elected representatives for the people in our counties.

The Government of Ancient IsraelThe Making of America, page 18

Proposed School Governance Plan for the State of Georgia

Accurate Weights and Measures

• The CCRPI is not an accurate measure.According to the CCRPI, students with limited English proficiency, students who are economically disadvantaged and special education students are better prepared for college and careers than other students. Why? Those students generate more points than other students, even with the same test scores. That is the way the CCRPI bonus and challenge points work at the school level. And who out there thinks the CCRPI is a valid and reliable score? What was it intended to measure, college and career readiness? The name needs to be changed. Just because it intends to measure college and career readiness, does not make it so.

Common Core Educational Treadmill- Everyone goes the same speed.

Popham, J. W. (1975). Educational evaluation. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc.

Accurate Measures

• Testing, not assessment• What kind of tests do we need?• Formative placement tests so we know where

to start.• End of the year tests so we can see how much

we have learned.

Will taking your temperature more often bring down your fever?

What makes us think that more tests increase student achievement?

Tests to determine…

• End of School Year Reading Level• End of School Year Math Level• End of School Year Writing/Grammar Level

Truth in Testing… equal opportunity not equal educational results.

Georgia’s former State Superintendent of Schools- Kathy Cox and Georgia's former Governor- Sonny Perdue accepted the CC State Standards sight unseen. They put every public school child on a train, without knowing the destination.

Now we know the destination.It is time to get off this train.

Cyrus McCormick

The Wright Brothers

CC Contradictions

• GPPF Report cites Achieve and the Fordham Foundation

• Language Arts- 81% Correlation, 50% change• Math- 90% correlation, 1-2 year change• Mobility: Integrated vs. Traditional CC Math

Powerpoint from Achieve, Inc. describing the CC math pathways

http://educationnorthwest.org/webfm_send/1101

Broad

CFR sponsored task force

Achieve

US DOE

CCSSO Pearson

Sir Michael Barber CEO

McKinsey & Co.

College Board

ACT

In-Bloom Wireless

Generation

Parent Trigger

Americas Promise Alliance

NCEENGA

Gates

PARCC

Walton

FEE J. Bush

Student Achieve-

ment Partners

Americas Choice

Common Core

US Dept of

Defense

Connections Academy

Colin Powell

Lou Gerstner

Big Data

FUSE

TFA

LuminaState FarmWaltonBoeingGENationwide

David Coleman

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Lou Gerstner

Bob Wise

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CO-SPONSORED CCSS INITIATIVE

EDUCATIONAL REFORM &NATL. SECURITY REPORT

Condi Rice

Lou Gerstner

Co-Founder

Partner to Manage PARCCSC

SBAC After 2014

Lumina

Joanne Weiss

Director RTTT

Chester Finn

BroadMcKinsey

Advisors for 2009 DOE Blue Print

Alma Powell

Chair

PearsonWalmartLuminaBoeingLockHeedFord

Funders

Rupert Murdoc

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Klein

SpellingGene

Wilhoit (CCSSO)

Fordham

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Sponsored ALEC Bill

State Farm

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Sir Michael Barber

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CCSSBODCo-Chair

Petersmyer Co-Chair

McKinsey Consultant

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Florida? Contract toManage DataAfter 2015

Marc Tucker

Chris Minnich

Director Former

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CCSSO

Klein Co-Sponsored

The CFR Paper

Supports CCSS

Managed

Data Collection for PARCC

Data Collection for PA

RCC

Facilitated by CCSSO (Corporate Partn

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Developed Standards

American Enterprise

Inst.Rick Hess

signs report

Revenaugh was co-chair of ALEC

Education Committee

Slide from Karen Bracken

Question and Answer

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