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What Will Common Core State Standards Mean for Your Child?

What Will Common Core State Standards Mean for Your Child?

Wednesday, June 4, 2014  10 am

Millburn Free Public Library


The Millburn Short Hills Special Education Committee (M-SPEC) and Preserve Our Schools will be co-hosting a community program on Wednesday, June 4, 2014 at 10 am for parents and community members about the Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI) and the new PARCC testing to begin full implementation in the 2014/15 school year.  This program will be held at the Millburn Free Public Library with a special guest speaker, Carolee Adams.  The library address is 200 Glen Avenue, Millburn, New Jersey. 

Over the last year, Carolee Adams has spoken over thirty times expressing concerns about Common Core/PARCC (the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career - the testing companion of Common Core Standards) at rallies, meetings, on radio and TV, State and local Boards of Education, State and County legislative hearings, and a national conference in the Washington, DC area. New Jersey now has bi-partisan Bills in both the Senate and Assembly delaying its implementation; assessing its cost; comparing current state standards to Common Core; prohibiting the sharing of private student information without parental consent, encouraging statewide public hearings, and more. 

At this community program, Carolee will provide an engaging discussion for parents and taxpayers on the emerging issues regarding Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI) and the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) that include not only these nationalized standards and assessments, but also data collection methods and risks of high-stakes testing.  There will be ample time for a Q & A session.  Carolee will clarify for parents what this controversial education reform movement means for all children and their individual educational needs. 

In addition to Carolee’s presentation, Nina Peckman, a staff attorney with Advocates for Children of New Jersey (a non-profit organization whose mission is to identify children's needs through research, policy and legal analysis and strategic communications, to raise awareness of those needs and to work with elected officials and other decision-makers to enact effective responses) will be in available to provide guidance and answer questions related to students with disabilities.
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