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Local resident urges board to cut standardized testing, remove SEL, CRT and Common Core math
Summary
During public comment, Harry Rocha of District 3 (Alcoa) urged the board to reduce standardized testing, remove social-emotional learning, critical race theory references and Common Core math from curriculum, and emphasized concerns about student discipline and English-language skills.
Harry Rocha, speaking as a District 3 resident from Alcoa during the public-comment period, urged the Blount County Board of Education to reduce the district’s emphasis on standardized testing and to remove certain curricular elements from classrooms.
Rocha said testing takes too much instructional time and said, "We need to remove the common core math because it creates confusion and…
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