On the floor of the state Senate today, Sen. Mike Stack criticized the Corbett administration for ignoring education and community leaders who believe implementation of the controversial Keystone Exams will financially hurt school districts and unfairly affect students who do not pass the pressure-packed graduation requirement.

“The Keystone Exams have been the source of a lot of debate and angst over the past six months. It peaked with a split, 3-2, IRRC vote to approve the Keystone Exams on Thursday, Nov. 21. Last week, Senator Dinniman and I hosted a town hall hearing on the Keystone Exams to get feedback from education experts, advocates and key stakeholders. “We heard a lot of interesting reaction and I wanted to highlight some of the issues and themes we heard:

 http://www.senatorstack.com/corbett-administration-moving-too-fast-on-keystone-exams-stack-tells-senate.

Source: Senator Stacks’s website on Dec. 4, 2013.