MORE BAD NEWS FOR THE COMMON CORE

MORE BAD NEWS FOR THE COMMON CORE: The 46th annual PDK/Gallup poll found that 60 percent of respondents said they opposed using the standards to guide instruction in their community.The findings echo a poll released yesterday from Education Next that found growing dislike of the standards. Overall, Gallup found that 80 percent of Americans have heard about the Common Core and at least half said they know “a fair amount” about the standards. Both polls make clear that the high-profile opposition to the Common Core is taking a toll. Stephanie Simon has the story for Pros: http://politico.pro/1oQ678O.

PARENT REVOLUTION WARNS LAUSD OVER PARENT TRIGGER: The advocacy group Parent Revolution wrote Tuesday to the Los Angeles Unified School District, calling the district’s decision to exempt itself from the state’s 2010 parent trigger law illegal. LAUSD said last week that it is exempt from the state law for the upcoming school year for reasons having to do with its No Child Left Behind waiver. Parent Revolution urges the district “to correct its erroneous interpretation of the law in the hope of avoiding future litigation” to enforce the parent trigger law. The letter: http://politico.pro/1pIv30J.