Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s about-face on Common Core appears to be complete:
NOW: GovJindal issues several executive orders to withdraw Louisiana from Common Core
— Shannon Bream (@ShannonBream) June 18, 2014
Bobby Jindal, one of the first governors to adopt Common Core standards, just withdrew Louisiana from the standards.
— Eliana Johnson (@elianayjohnson) June 18, 2014
@politico @BobbyJindal Remember Jindal was for Common Core before he was a against it. @GOP @ThePlumLineGS
— Zack Calhoon (@VisibleSoul) June 18, 2014
LA gov @BobbyJindal acknowledges he once supported #CommonCore but says “it’s never too late to make the right decision."
— Motoko Rich (@motokorich) June 18, 2014
So, is this his final decision?
It's official: @BobbyJindal is getting PARCC and Common Core out of Louisiana classrooms.
— Ann Marie?Awad (@AnnAwad) June 18, 2014
.@BobbyJindal has sent PARCC a letter asking them to withdraw from Louisiana, calls for BESE to come up with new standards.
— Ann Marie?Awad (@AnnAwad) June 18, 2014
Says agreement with PARCC was against La. Law.
— Ann Marie?Awad (@AnnAwad) June 18, 2014
. @BobbyJindal has suspended 2015 implementation, conducting research on alternatives
— Ann Marie?Awad (@AnnAwad) June 18, 2014
.@BobbyJindal Says #CommonCore implementation was rushed with no public input. Calls for "Louisiana tests for Louisiana students"
— Ann Marie?Awad (@AnnAwad) June 18, 2014
.@BobbyJindal says reason for canceling is that PARRC is in violation of state bid law, process needs to be started over.
— Ann Marie?Awad (@AnnAwad) June 18, 2014
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.@BobbyJindal confident re-doing the bidding process will eliminate PARCC
— Ann Marie?Awad (@AnnAwad) June 18, 2014
.@BobbyJindal says there's enough time to re-do the bidding process
— Ann Marie?Awad (@AnnAwad) June 18, 2014
.@BobbyJindal not concerned about a lawsuit from dropping the tests. Says BESE didn't have legal authority to implement in the first place.
— Ann Marie?Awad (@AnnAwad) June 18, 2014
.@BobbyJindal says opting out of PARCC would be cheaper for the state, despite money that's been spent by schools to implement.
— Ann Marie?Awad (@AnnAwad) June 18, 2014
.@BobbyJindal says it set a dangerous precedent "we have never before ceded this much authority to federal government" in education
— Ann Marie?Awad (@AnnAwad) June 18, 2014
Though testing had not begun, La. kids have been taught to #CommonCore standards. @BobbyJindal doesn't know what test will be used instead.
— Ann Marie?Awad (@AnnAwad) June 18, 2014
.@BobbyJindal can't say whether or not schools will go back to LEAP, says there will be enough time to implement different standards.
— Ann Marie?Awad (@AnnAwad) June 18, 2014
.@BobbyJindal calls PARCC withdrawal the first step in the process.
— Ann Marie?Awad (@AnnAwad) June 18, 2014
Common Core supporters and Jindal opponents are pretty pissed:
@AnnAwad @theadvocatebr @BobbyJindal More concerned with a Presidential bid than what is best for Louisiana.
— Mistborn (@Mistborn) June 18, 2014
@politico @BobbyJindal another teabagger bought and paid for pol doing the bidding of #darkmoney
— Don (@babyberkshire) June 18, 2014
DAMMIT BOBBY. "@theadvertiser: #BREAKING: @BobbyJindal announces that #Louisiana will be pulling out of #CommonCore. #LaEd”
— Lindsay Rabalais (@missrabs) June 18, 2014
So Bobby Jindal not only wants to prevent his citizens from getting health care but now wants to prevent them from getting a good education.
— Matt Murphy (@MattMurph24) June 18, 2014
this is not okay "Louisiana gov @BobbyJindal, one of the 1st state leaders to embrace #CommonCore, says the state is dropping the standards"
— Mr. Middleton (@Mr_JMiddleton) June 18, 2014
Not cool Louisiana MT @alliebidwell gov @BobbyJindal, one of 1st state leaders to embrace #CCSS says the state is dropping the standards
— Constance Clark (@constancemclark) June 18, 2014
https://twitter.com/Drekare504/status/479334462938173440
https://twitter.com/stuff4dr/status/479333444099403776
https://twitter.com/MsJennyBee/status/479330178502385664
https://twitter.com/MsJennyBee/status/479332014164688896
https://twitter.com/MsJennyBee/status/479333410687557632
But others see this as a step in the right direction.
https://twitter.com/VoteMcCulloch/status/479329471640911872
https://twitter.com/JMelvinSanDiego/status/479329631405756416
https://twitter.com/comebackzack/status/479328883041251328
@BobbyJindal Way To Go Governor!
— C.S. (@brokerdouglas) June 18, 2014
@crazycrawfish @BobbyJindal Agree. Thank you, Governor.
— NoCommonCoreLA (@NoCommonCoreLA) June 18, 2014
Louisiana Gov Bobby Jindal issues exec orders to withdraw from Common Core! Woo hoo!
— Robin Vaccai (@RobinVaccai) June 18, 2014
https://twitter.com/Scrivener3/status/479334472853520384
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