Can Donald Trump and Betsy DeVos Really End Common Core?
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On the campaign trail, President-elect Donald Trump made big promises about getting rid of Common Core. “We’re going to end Common Core, we’re going to have education an absolute priority,” he said in a campaign video.
Upon being nominated secretary of the Department of Education, Betsy DeVos made clear her stance against the national education standards. “I am not a supporter—period,” she wrote.
But what can Trump and DeVos really do to dismantle the national education standards? The Daily Signal explains.
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