By Emily Zentner | Cronkite News
WASHINGTON – An Arizona school superintendent testified Thursday that, without changes, proposed regulations implementing the law to replace No Child Left Behind could throw the state back into an “unfortunate” debate like the one over Common Core.
Dysart Unified School District Superintendent Gail Pletnick was part of a panel of local education officials who told the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee that they welcome the law, but worry about the Education Department’s proposed regulations.
“In Arizona, mandating what was viewed as national standards was hotly debated,” Pletnick testified. “It was unfortunate that we wasted a great deal of time and energy in an emotional and divisive Common Core debate.”
