Monday, May 20, 2013

Texas: 'The CSCOPE era is over'

 

Via comment by Stackz O Magz on Threat of subpoena produces Texas CSCOPE records

  A letter signed by all 20 members of the CSCOPE Board released this morning stated they will notify their 875 school district clients that all lesson plans will be removed from their website on August 31st, 2013 and that districts cannot use any lessons they currently have beyond that date.

The August 31st date corresponds to the notice clause in their contracts with their districts. The letter goes on to say that the Regional Service Centers will not produce lesson plans in the future. The 20 Service Centers will return to their original business plan of providing a management tool for teachers to stay on schedule regarding the teaching of the required TEKS. The official vote will take place at an already scheduled Board meeting on Friday, May 24th.

"I'm pleased that the CSCOPE Board has made the decision to get out of the lesson plan business. This is a positive development for students, parents, teachers, and for the Regional Service Centers,' said Senator Patrick.

"I want to thank the members of the Senate Education Committee for their months of work on this issue. I also want to thank Attorney General Abbott and his staff in providing valuable assistance in our review of CSCOPE," added Patrick.

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2 comments:

  1. hiswiserangelMay 20, 2013 at 1:39 PM

    Hallelujah. I'm still a huge advocate of home-schooling, but for those families that just can't home school, at least the state-inflicted damage has been lessened.

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