Committee forms to oppose Common Core ballot question

BOSTON – Former Fitchburg State University president Robert Antonucci will lead a new committee to fight a ballot question that would allow Massachusetts voters to weigh in on whether to repeal Common Core educational standards. The Committee to Protect Educational Excellence in Massachusetts plans to organize a coalition of Common Core supporters, raise funds and wage a campaign to defeat the citizens' initiative, according to a statement put out by the group Friday.

BOSTON – Former Fitchburg State University president Robert Antonucci will lead a new committee to fight a ballot question that would allow Massachusetts voters to weigh in on whether to repeal Common Core educational standards. The Committee to Protect Educational Excellence in Massachusetts plans to organize a coalition of Common Core supporters, raise funds and wage a campaign to defeat the citizens' initiative, according to a statement put out by the group Friday.…