Governor Walker Calls for Repeal of Common Core

Governor Scott Walker and the Common Core

An article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Thursday, July 17, 2014, reports that the governor is calling for legislature to repeal the Common Core standards.  Earlier attempts in the legislature even to discuss the matter apparently went nowhere, but now the governor is calling for legislators to act upon the measure immediately when the legislature convenes in January.  State Superintendent Tony Evers sees a political motivation in Walker's actions:   "It may work well for the political end of things, but it's sending messages to our kids that our system is chaotic, and it's not."  The governor's timing is particularly problematic since exams based upon the Common Core standards are due to commence in the upcoming 2014-15 academic year.