These are the Common Core Weekend Reads for April 19, 2015.

This is a review of the past week of news on Common Core nationwide and in North Carolina.

Articles are organized by category.

Prior Edition of Weekend Reads: 4-12-15

NC Academic Standards Review Commission (ASRC) Updates:

NC ASRC Site 
Next ASRC meeting: Next NC Common Core #ASRC Meeting: April 20th

NC UPDATES:

• Governor McCrory Refuses to Sign Bill To Fund Common Core Commission
• NC’s ESEA Extension Makes No Mention Of Common Core Commission

QUOTES OF THE WEEK:

But your question is really a larger one. How did we end up at a point where we are so negative about the most important non-family enterprise in the raising of the next generation which is how our kids are educated?” Hillary Clinton – Caffeinated Thoughts

LEGISLATIVE/LEGAL:

• The Senate ESEA Reauthorization Draft, Part V– Charters
• The Senate ESEA Reauthorization Draft, Part VI– My Final Post
• ESEA Re-up Hype
• New Hampshire passes Common Core Opt Out Bill
• Petition To The Missouri State Board Of Education Regarding The Elimination Of Privately Copyrighted Academic Standards From The State Of Missouri

POLITICAL/PROTESTS:

• Hillary Clinton’s Common Core Problem
• The Clinton Core Standards
• Hillary Clinton and Common Core
• Hillary Clinton defends Common Core
• Hillary Clinton Thinks Common Core “A Good Idea”
• Marco Rubio swings at Common Core: If I was president I could cut Department of Education

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES:

• 155,000 New York kids boycott standardized tests
• Common Core testing snags continue for Nevada, Montana, North Dakota; federal funds at stake

THE WEEKEND READS:

• Pearson Is Everywhere: Dumped By LA School District
• Pearson Is Everywhere: Pearson and Gates Edition
• ​Monopoly​
• Parents speak to why they refuse the Common Core tests. Hint: unions are NOT IT.
• ​Common Core Military Special​
• Old math trumps Common Core math
• National Humanity, Common Core Style
• How the Common Core United the Left and the Right Against It
• Grab a CAPE, CCSS Warriors!

TESTING UPDATES:

• Missouri Representative Rone Wants to hear about SBAC Testing Problems from Teachers and Education Personnel. This Teacher Starts the Ball Rolling. Add YOUR Voice.
• Pick Your Preferred Method of Living: Being Helpless or Politically Incorrect. It’s For Your Children. #RefuseTheTest

VIDEO OF THE WEEK:

• VIDEO: Hillary Clinton Supports Common Core

TWEETS OF THE WEEK:

Common Core: Some districts see high opt-out numbers in Lower Hudson – 50% http://t.co/5FvHYNxazG #stopcommoncore #NYed #Irefuse

— LL1885 – A.P. Dillon (@LadyLiberty1885) April 15, 2015

And I see the value in voting for someone else. ‘Clinton says Iowans see value of Common Core’ http://t.co/2l0BHGNgEe #stopcommoncore

— LL1885 – A.P. Dillon (@LadyLiberty1885) April 15, 2015

Feds confirm there is NO funding cut-off if parents refuse test via @StopCCMichigan http://t.co/4Swl5aRpen #RefuseTheTest

— Truth in American Ed (@TruthinAmEd) April 13, 2015

How Math Was Taught in Schools in 1950 versus 2015 http://t.co/o8SdABnA0M – @LadyLiberty1885, you’ll like this one.

— EllieP ‏ن (@ElliePTweet) April 12, 2015

The roots of Common Core lie w/Hillary Clinton, Marc Tucker & NCEE==> http://t.co/fjO9LlFzBV #stopcommoncore pic.twitter.com/Yb1YtGGweO

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) April 14, 2015