Board President Reaffirms Support for SOLs: Opposes Imposition of Common Core
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/news/news_releases/2010/jun16.shtml
Statement of Board of Education President Eleanor Saslaw on reasons for supporting Virginia Standards of Learning and rejecting use of new Common Core State Standards for reading and mathematics. Decision means Virginia will not compete with other states for federal funding in Race to the Top program. From the Virginia Department of Education.
