{"id":1148,"date":"2014-11-11T19:26:01","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T00:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stopcommoncorenh.org\/sccnh\/?p=1148"},"modified":"2014-11-11T20:07:14","modified_gmt":"2014-11-12T01:07:14","slug":"note-to-new-hampshire-parents-you-will-be-ignored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stopcommoncorenh.org\/sccnh\/2014\/11\/11\/note-to-new-hampshire-parents-you-will-be-ignored\/","title":{"rendered":"Note to New Hampshire Parents, You Will Be Ignored"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a letter a NH parent received from State Rep. Gile who is the current Chair on the NH house Education Committee. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s important to note that Rep. Gile (D) could have helped terminate Common Core last year when there was a vote on HB 1508. \u00a0She chose to oppose that legislation leaving parents like this one struggling to help their children with what should be simple math homework. Sadly this was pretty much a partisan vote. \u00a0<\/a>If you click on that link, you can see how the State Reps. voted. \u00a0Remember that those who voted YEA, voted YES to KILL the Bill to terminate Common Core. \u00a0ie..they voted against parents.<\/p>\n

Also note:\u00a0How could the PISA tests in 2012 have any influence on whether they accepted CC when it was adopted by the states in 2010?\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

We chose to leave the parent’s name off of this e-mail…..<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Hello (Parent),…..Your letter is very compelling and your concerns about the common core state standards are indeed shared by others. However, you should know that the standards are not federally funded, nor are they mandated by either the federal government or the State of NH. NH is a local control state. The decision to adopt the standards is one made by the local school board, not the state.<\/p>\n

The standards were created because of the very poor performance of American students, (15 year olds) who participate in an international examination called the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). When these exams were first administered in 2000, American students did very well. The exams are administered to students in more than 34 countries every three years. When the results of the 2012 exams were released, American students had fallen further behind again in reading, mathematics and science. The U.S. is now below the international average.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Governors and Education Commissioners from all over the U.S.(not the federal government) convened and decided to brings together educators from every state (two from NH) to develop these standards. Their concern is America’s economic future and the fact that our graduates are unqualified for many of the jobs that are available. Even in NH, there are companies with high tech and manufacturing jobs available at good salaries and no one with the skills to fill them. This does not bode well for our state or nation’s future.<\/p>\n

I am sorry that your little boy who seems very bright is having such a difficult time in school. I have had three children of my own who all graduated from public school. I would suggest that you ask for a parent conference, or speak to the Principal. Further, it may be necessary to speak to a member of the School Board and share your concerns.<\/p>\n

I appreciate your email, but there is nothing that the legislature can do to defund the CCSS. It is a local decision.<\/p>\n

Respectfully,<\/p>\n

Rep. Mary Stuart Gile,Ed.D., Chair, Education Committee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a letter a NH parent received from State Rep. Gile who is the current Chair on the NH house Education Committee. \u00a0 It’s important to note that Rep. Gile (D) could have helped terminate Common Core last year when there was a vote on HB 1508. \u00a0She chose to oppose that legislation leaving […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[317,318,316,315],"class_list":["post-1148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misc","tag-gile","tag-houseeducationcommittee","tag-mary","tag-representativegile"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stopcommoncorenh.org\/sccnh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stopcommoncorenh.org\/sccnh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stopcommoncorenh.org\/sccnh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stopcommoncorenh.org\/sccnh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stopcommoncorenh.org\/sccnh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1148"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stopcommoncorenh.org\/sccnh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1153,"href":"https:\/\/stopcommoncorenh.org\/sccnh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1148\/revisions\/1153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stopcommoncorenh.org\/sccnh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stopcommoncorenh.org\/sccnh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stopcommoncorenh.org\/sccnh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}