Missouri may become second state to dump Common Core

This week the Missouri Senate will begin debating a bill that would require a rewriting of state standards. If the bill passes and is signed by Gov. Jay Nixon, it will make Missouri the second state to drop Common Core Standards:

Now the Senate is scheduled to debate legislation this week that would charge a panel of educators and parents with writing new student performance goals to replace Common Core. The House passed a similar bill earlier this month.

Critics of Common Core said lawmakers should have been consulted on the decision when the State Board of Education adopted the standards. They want Missouri to write its own student benchmarks with involvement from lawmakers.

“There was no open and transparent process,” said Sen. John Lamping, R-Ladue. “I think once Missourians found out they had no say on the adoption of those standards, they now want their own.”

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Republican lawmakers: Nixon key to Boeing deal

Personal involvement from Gov. Jay Nixon, something Republican lawmakers say they did not see during his first term, was the key to putting together a proposal for Boeing and getting it passed.

In today's Columbia Tribune, veteran reporter Rudi Keller details the Republicans' thoughts about Nixon's role in the process:

Nixon met with Sens. John Lamping of Ladue, Brad Lager of Savannah, Ed Emery of Lamar, Rob Schaaf of St. Joseph and Dan Brown of Rolla.

"We were trying to find places where we agreed," Lamping said Friday. "There were more than enough of us to kill the Boeing bill but we were trying to see what would allow that bill to come to pass."

The article also notes that Speaker of the House Tim Jones said the key to the deal was Nixon meeting with opponents of tax credits and brokering a deal.