Senate Education Committee Hearings
Hearing 2 – Common Core Standards
May 15, 2013
1:00 p.m.
Hearing Room 1, North Office Building
1:00 p.m. Hearing – Common Core Standards
| 1:00-9:10 | Opening Remarks |
| Senator Mike Folmer, Majority Chairman | |
| Senator Andrew Dinniman, Minority Chairman | |
| 1:10-1:40 | Pennsylvania Department of Education |
| Carolyn Dumaresq, Deputy Secretary of Education | |
| Attachment 1 | |
| Attachment 2 | |
| 1:40-2:25 | Panel Discussing Common Core Concerns |
| Mr. Neil McCluskey, Associate Director Center for Educational Freedom, Cato Institute |
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| Ms. Joy Pullmann, Research Fellow, Education The Heartland Institute |
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| Ms. Cheryl E. Boise, Director Commonwealth Education Organization |
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| 2:25-3:10 | Panel Discussing Common Core Support |
| Ms. Joan Benso, President and Chief Executive Officer Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children |
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| Mr. David Patti, President and Chief Executive Officer Pennsylvania Business Council |
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| Major General Dan O’Neill (Retired, United States Army) (written comments) MISSION: READINESS |
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| 3:10-3:45 | Discussion with Both Common Core Panels |
| Additional Written Testimony By: | |
| Dr. Sandra Stotsky, University of Arkansas | |