Common Core is dead: Trump picks Betsy DeVos for education secretary post

[MikeWB]

Betsy opposes Common Core!

https://twitter.com/BetsyDeVos/status/801505785742290945

Q: There's been a lot of talk about Common Core. Can you provide some straight talk on this topic?

Certainly. I am not a supporter—period.

I do support high standards, strong accountability, and local control. When Governors such as John Engler, Mike Huckabee, and Mike Pence were driving the conversation on voluntary high standards driven by local voices, it all made sense.

Have organizations that I have been a part of supported Common Core? Of course. But that's not my position. Sometimes it's not just students who need to do their homework.

However, along the way, it got turned into a federalized boondoggle.

Above all, I believe every child, no matter their zip code or their parents' jobs, deserves access to a quality education.

http://betsydevos.com/qa/