By Abby Jackson19 hours ago
In a video he uploaded to Facebook on Tuesday, Donald Trump vowed to end the controversial nationwide education standards known as the Common Core.
“Common Core’s a total disaster,” he said. “We’re going to end Common Core.”
Since it was adopted in 2010, the Common Core has been attacked by some opponents who say it imposes a one-size-fits-all approach to education in the US. The goal of the Common Core was to raise education standards across the country.
Trump’s position against the standards isn’t surprising, as there is near universal opposition to the Common Core among Republican politicians.
Last year saw even bolder rhetoric against the Common Core, with backlash against the standards on both sides of the aisle. Former Republican proponents of the Common Core, including Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey and Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, flipped their stance and condemned the standards.
And in New York state, parents banded together in 2015 to boycott the standardized tests linked to the Common Core, succeeding in a 20% opt-out rate. That has given pause to once staunch supporters of the Common Core like Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York, who is a Democrat.
Vitriol for the Common Core has become so high that some states have even rebranded the standards.
In the video, Trump also took a swipe at what he described as America’s failing education system, saying the US was rated “28 in the world” in terms of education and that it lags behind what he called “third-world countries.”
That proclamation is nearly identical to comments he made in June when he officially entered the 2016 presidential race and took a swing at public education.
“Twenty-five countries are better than us at education,” he said in June. “And some of them are like third-world countries.”
Watch below for the full video.
EducationI will end common core. It’s a disaster. #MakeAmericaGreatAgain #Trump2016Posted byDonald J. Trumpon Tuesday, January 26, 2016
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