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Cuomo announces members of Common Core Task Force

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On Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the 15 members of the new Common Core Task Force who are being charged with reviewing and making recommendations to overhaul the current Common Core system and the way students are tested.

The Task Force is made up of a mix of state representatives, regional education leaders, teachers and parents.

“I have spoken to parents, teachers, superintendents, and school boards, all across the state and I know that the situation is critical – I have heard the message clearly: we must take action and we must take action now to fix our schools. And we will,” Cuomo said in a press release.

The group is expected to deliver its final recommendations by the end of this year.

Representatives on the Task Force include:

  • Richard Parsons, Senior Advisor, Providence Equity Partners Inc. and Chairman of the Board, Citigroup Inc. (Chair of the Task Force)
  • Heather Buskirk , Mohawk Valley Master Teacher and Science Teacher at Johnstown High School
  • Geoffrey Canada, President, Harlem Children’s Zone
  • Carol Conklin-Spillane, Principal of Sleepy Hollow High School
  • MaryEllen Elia, Commissioner of the New York State Education Department
  • Constance Evelyn, Superintendent of the Valley Stream School District
  • Catalina Fortino, Vice President of the New York State United Teachers
  • Kishayna Hazlewood, 3rd Grade Teacher at P.S. 156 in Brooklyn
  • Tim Kremer, Executive Director of the New York State School Boards Association
  • Carl Marcellino, Senator and Chair of the Senate Education Committee
  • Cathy Nolan, Assembly Member and Chair of the Assembly Education Committee
  • Sam Radford III, President of the District Parent Coordinating Council of Buffalo
  • Carrie Remis, Rochester Area Parent
  • Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers
  • Nancy L. Zimpher, Chancellor of the State University of New York

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