Arizona Takes Step Toward Erasing Common Core

In a 6-2 vote, the Board of Education formally severed ties with the copyright that accompanied Arizona's College and Career Ready Standards, formerly known as Common Core.

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The State Board of Education moved a small step closer to meeting Superintendent Diane Douglas’ goal of adopting Arizona-based learning standards when the board voted Monday to officially allow changes to Common Core-based standards.

The move continued a longstanding debate between Douglas and State Board of Education President Greg Miller over Arizona's learning standards.

This time, the sides argued the significance of a vote Douglas touted as "a great victory for the people of Arizona" and which Miller called "a reckless attempt at the wrong point in time."

The 6-2 vote was something of a technicality — albeit a significant one — in which Board of Education members formally severed ties with the copyright that accompanied Arizona's College and Career Ready Standards, formerly known as Common Core. The vote allows the state to make changes to its 2010 adoption of Common Core-based standards.

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