Common Core foes vow stepped up ballot campaign

Supporters of an initiative to end the adoption of national Common Core education standards in Massachusetts pledged to obtain the petition signatures needed to put the issue before voters in November after lawmakers on Wednesday sent a similar legislative proposal to a study committee, where little action is expected.

Worcester School Committee member Donna Colorio, left, spoke to supporters of a ballot measure to remove Common Core standards from public school curriculums, who gathered Wednesday at the State House to lobby lawmakers on the issue. (State House News Service photo by Antonio Caban)

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16 Mar 2016, 8:37 pm

BOSTON – Supporters of an initiative to end the adoption of national Common Core education standards in Massachusetts pledged to obtain the petition signatures needed to put the issue before voters in November after lawmakers on Wednesday sent a similar legislative proposal to a study committee, where little action is expected.

"We're going to move forward," said Donna Colorio, a Worcester School Committee member and a leader of the ballot campaign, who spoke about the issue at a State House lobbying rally. "We're planning on getting our remaining 11,000 signatures. We will be doing a lot of education. We will be working in the communities to educate different people in the communities."

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