BaeslerKirstenBISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – State School Superintendent Kirsten Baesler says North Dakota teachers will rewrite and improve math and English standards that are not based on the federally backed Common Core.
 
     Baesler says the standards will be written “by North Dakotans, for North Dakotans.”
 
     Baesler says the rewrite will begin this summer with two committees of educators. Additional committees of parents, citizens, elected officials and business leaders will review the work.
 
     A draft of the rewrite is slated for public comment this fall. Baesler says the standards will be in place for the 2017-18 school year.
 
     Common Core replaced standards that varied from state to state. North Dakota adopted them in 2008.
 
     But Common Core has drawn criticism from conservatives who say the federal standards take away state control over what students learn.