Albany Lobby Day - NYS Parents Demand Withdrawal from Common Core Curriculum

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Parent Groups to Attend
Albany Lobby Day; Demand NYS Withdraws from Common Core Standards

Dr. Sandra Stotsky,
Assemblymen Ed Ra and Al Graf, and Senator Lee Zeldin to address crowd of
parents, teachers, and grassroots organizers

Date: Tuesday June 17, 2014

Location: Legislative Office Building, 198 State Street, Albany,
NY 12210

Press Conference:

10:00 am – 10:45 am; LCA Room,
Room 130

Speakers:

11:00 am – 12 noon; “The Well”

CONTACT: Mary Calamia, 631-835-1824, UnitedAgainstCC@gmail.com

Nationally renowned Common Core
expert, Sandra Stotsky, Ed.D., Professor Emerita at the University of Arkansas,
will be addressing New York State parents and grassroots organizers in “The
Well” at the Legislative Office Building, 198 State Street, Albany, NY 12210,
on June 17th at 11:00 am. Dr. Stotsky’s speech will kick off
“Common Sense Education Lobby Day,” during which the attendees will meet with
NYS legislators to lobby for a withdrawal from Common Core State Standards,
high stakes testing, and data mining; the group seeks to restore control of
curriculum to local school districts.

Dr. Stotsky was a member of the
original Common Core Validation Committee, which was charged with reviewing and
approving the Common Core standards. She refused to endorse the Common Core
standards as internationally benchmarked, rigorous, and research-based and is
now an outspoken Common Core critic, advocating instead for internationally
benchmarked academic standards for K-12 in mathematics and English language
arts that will fulfill the goals intended for Common Core. Dr. Stotsky will be
discussing educational reform and what she suggests we need to do to strengthen
the American educational system.

Also addressing the crowd will
be Lobby Day sponsor, NYS Assemblyman Ed Ra, along with Assemblyman Al Graf and
Senator Lee Zeldin, who have sponsored legislation to halt the implementation
of Common Core in New York State and create a multidisciplinary blue-ribbon
panel to evaluate the standards and determine their appropriateness for New
York State schools.

Local radio celebrity, Richie Phillips,
from 107.7 WGNA will entertain the crowd with a live performance of his
original song, “Cure for the Common Core.”

A press conference will be
at 10:00 am in Room 130, prior to the event.