Hearing in Gainesville Tues. to address Common Core, other education issues

ATLANTA - The state Board of Education will hold a hearing in Gainesville Tuesday on the controversial Common Core Standards and other public education issues.<br /> <br /> It will begin at 7:00 at Gainesville High School.<br /> <br /> Each member of the board has scheduled a public hearing in his or her congressional district, with the goal of hearing comments from interested citizens and educators regarding the "performance and problems of public education."<br /> <br /> This includes the Common Core Georgia Performance Standards in Mathematics and English Language Arts as part of the State Board's formal evaluation of these standards.<br /> <br /> Persons wishing to speak should sign in upon arrival. For more information, contact Debbie Caputo at 404-657-7410.<br />