[Coehd] Request: Expert Needed on Common Core/No Child Left Behind

Dear COEHD Faculty, University Communications is looking for a faculty expert on common core/NCLB (see message below) for an interview today at 1:30 pm. If you have knowledge in this area and are willing to participate in the interview, please let me know ASAP. Thank you, Jo Ann Jo Ann A. Jones Communications Specialist T: 210.458.4486 | F: 210.458.4487 education.utsa.edu<http://education.utsa.edu/> College of Education and Human Development Office of the Dean One UTSA Circle San Antonio, TX 78249 _______________________________________________________________________________ We are looking for an expert that can speak on Common Core Educational Standards/No Child Left Behind this morning. This might be a story we feed to our other stations across the country so it would be a generic interview on what the revisions discussed today will mean. Please let me know if you have someone. I have a tight deadline, Must get interview no later than 1 :30pm Thank you!!! http://www.npr.org/blogs/ed/2015/04/13/398804901/senators-try-to-revise-n... texas Gov. Abbott: Common Core fans have 'buyer's remorse' By Associated Press Published: February 1, 2015, 1:08 pm AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says that states adopting Common Core educational standards continue to suffer from "buyer's remorse" under a wave of conservative criticism. Abbott argued against the standards in a televised appearance. The Texas Legislature two years ago banned the State Board of Education from adopting Common Core standards statewide. A longtime critic of Common Core, Abbott said Sunday that the Obama administration pushing states to adopt the standards explains why "suddenly we've seen so many parents, so many states, so many school districts reject it so harshly." More than 40 states initially supported Common Core, but governors and lawmakers of several states have since reversed their position. [3-station] Janice Carpio News Reporter News 4 San Antonio/Fox San Antonio jvcarpio@@sbgtv.com 210-902-9022