Colorado veteran teacher quits because of Common Core Standards

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Colorado Springs Gazette: Colorado Springs teacher goes public with reasons for resignation

A poignant resignation letter that Colorado Springs teacher Pauline Hawkins wrote and posted on her blog Monday talks about her love of teaching and the pride she has in her students, colleagues, school and district.

And yet, she writes that she is resigning her post after 11 years as an English teacher at Liberty High School at the end of the school year for reasons that reflect a flashpoint for many frustrated educators here and nationwide.

The letter has gone viral, and her blog, paulinehawkins.com, has received more than 9,000 online hits in less than two days.9

Here's the link to her blog: Pauline Hawkins: Writer, teacher, dreamer

She isn't the only one. A 20-year veteran in Cambridge, Massachusetts, another eastern Colorado teacher, two teachers in Missouri, one in Kansas City, the other in St. Louis, all have resigned because they will not teach to Common Core Standards. The Lewis-Palmer School District in Colorado, the Blue Springs, Missouri, public schools, and several other districts across the country have passed an identically-worded resolution aimed at state legislatures around the country considering school funding laws, vowing "not [to]support changing curriculum or standards to align with the new Common Core standards."

When you have this many educators and school districts rebelling against the curriculum, I can't help but think there is something wrong with it.