You won’t believe what happened to this kid’s mom after she knocked Common Core

8:51 AM 04/04/2014

Eric Owens
Education Editor

Officials at a California grade school have suspended the mother of a 12-year-old boy over her – and his – criticism of the Common Core Standards Initiative.

The mother is Katherine Duran, reports local ABC affiliate KXTV. Her 12-year-old son, Christopher Duran, attends Mark Twain Elementary School in Sacramento.

A police officer delivered a form labeled “withdrawal of consent” to the Duran home, legally banning Katherine Duran from the premises of Mark Twain Elementary for 14 days.

What was the mother’s crime? Well, school administrators and Sacramento school district officials have had tremendous difficulty getting their story straight on that one.

Last week, school district spokesman Gabe Ross told KXTV that she was disrupting school activities by “distributing information to children directly.” The information showed students and parents how to opt out of Common Core testing.

Turns out Ross got his facts wrong, though. He was later forced to admit his mistake.

In reality, it was 12-year-old Christopher Duran who was handing out the Common Core opt-out forms to his classmates.

School officials said this action was disruptive.

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