Betty Peters on Common Core Standards

September 29, 2011 – 12:06 pm
Common Core State Standards Initiative Update By Betty Peters, Alabama State School Board, District 2

Peters Wins Battle of the Bettys

November 4, 2010 – 10:31 am
Voters returned Betty Peters to the Alabama State School Board on Tuesday night, handing her a third term as the district 2 representative. With 10 of 14 counties reporting as of press time, Peters, a Republican, won a decisive victory, defeating Democratic challenger Betty Letlow 96,799 votes to 61,997 votes. Peters ran on her record of fighting corruption in the two-year college system and opposing what she describes as federal overreach into state education. Letlow ran a campaign based on getting politics out of the school board and seeking increased federal funding for Alabama education. Read more at Dothan Eagle

Standardizing Students

September 2, 2010 – 11:24 pm
Non-governmental organizations, corporations, and private foundations are pushing for federalization of educational standards and abolition of local school boards.

Betty Peters Speaks on Common Core Standards

August 19, 2010 – 8:41 pm

Dothan Magazine August 2009

August 19, 2010 – 2:33 pm
Betty gave an interview to Dothan Magazine in August of 2009. Click here for Part I and Part II of the complete article.