Yesterday Superintendent Kirsten Baesler announced that the Department of Public Instruction would begin the process of developing new North Dakota education standards which will move the state away Common Core.
“We will be producing a superior set of North Dakota standards for our public schools, written by North Dakota teachers, that establish clear and high expectations for North Dakota students,” Baesler said in a released statement.
Opponents of Common Core were happy, but accused Baesler of making a politically-driven decision. She is on the ballot this year, after all, after a rocky first term in office. And at the NDGOP convention a month ago she was nearly upset by a relatively unknown candidate who running an anti-Common Core campaign (and who has continued on to the June primary ballot).
