In an interview with Wisconsin Reporter last week, Governor Scott Walker took a public stand on Common Core State Standards (CCSS), calling on the Wisconsin State Legislature to hold hearings that the public has demanded for months in order to investigate these controversial standards. The governor stated,  “I’d like us to be in the position where we can identify our own unique standards that I think in many ways will be higher and more aggressive than the ones they’re talking about.”

The legislature responded almost immediately after Walker’s public statement, quickly announcing an Assembly Select Committee, to be headed by Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt (R-Fond du Lac), a former educator of 22 years, and a Senate Select Committee, to be headed by Sen. Paul Farrow (R-Pewaukee).

The two committees will jointly hold their first hearing on Common Core State Standards this Thursday, October 3rd, from noon until 8:00pm in Madison at the State Capitol, with additional hearings to be announced.

In speaking with the committee chairs’ offices, we’re told they pushed the hearing time back from what was originally announced in order to ensure that teachers and working parents could attend. It’s a significant gesture, and we applaud it.

IT’S IMPERATIVE THAT WE PACK OUT THE ROOM ON THURSDAY.

We must make our voices heard clearly now that we finally have the opportunity to speak on this issue.

Please attend this Thursday’s hearing, if at all possible, and bring others with you.