Shocker! Gates Funded PTA Supports Common Core.

The following snippet is from the Missouri PTA on Senate Bill 210 and House Bill 616.  It is included in a list of bills to watch regarding Missouri education.  The PTA is in opposition to these bills.  What isn't stated in this statement is that the National PTA has received over $1 Million from the Gates Foundation to push Common Core to parents. 

From mopta.org:


SB 210 sponsored by Senator John Lamping, District 24, and HB 616 sponsored by Rep. Kurt Bahr, District 102, are mirror bills that prohibit the State Board of Education from adopting the Common Core State Standards Initiative. PTA has been a strong supporter of Common Core State Standards Initiative since its inception. The Common Core State Standards Initiative was created by teachers, parents, education experts and others from across the country in an attempt to provide clear, consistent expectations for what students should be learning in each grade in order to be prepared for college and career. Ensuring high academic expectation for all students, regardless of their zip code, is aligned with PTA's public priority of equity and opportunity for every child. PTA has developed Parent Guides to the Common Core Standards for every grade level to help parents provide enrichment at home and help them develop a working dialogue with their child's teacher. These bills are an attempt to turn the Common Core State Standards into a political battle that will only hurt our children. We need everyone to come together to ensure that our children receive the best education. Missouri PTA is both opposed to and very disappointed in both these bills.

Note the language from mopta:

The Common Core State Standards Initiative was created by teachers, parents, education experts and others from across the country in an attempt to provide clear, consistent expectations for what students should be learning in each grade in order to be prepared for college and career.

Now look at the language from the April 22, 2010 Missouri NEA's notes referencing the State Board's comments about Common Core Standards:

This process was led by governors and chief state school officers in 51 states and territories. . . . Missouri has been provided the opportunity to review and respond to confidential early drafts of the reading, writing, and mathematics K-12 standards in November, January, and February.  

So which is it?  The Gates funded PTA writes the CCSSI was created by teachers, parents, education experts and others (exactly who are the "others"), and the NEA writes that the State Board believes the CCSSI process was led by governors and chief state school officers.

One of these organizations is not telling the truth.  Which is it?