Common Core, the controversial education standards for K–12 students, hasn’t been a topic all the candidates have spoken about often, but there are some strong opinions among them.
In the Republican camp, both Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are vehemently opposed to Common Core. Trump has uploaded at least three videos to his Facebook page in the last few months, calling the program a disaster and pledging to kill it.
Donald Trump
“I’m a tremendous believer in education, but education has to be at a local level. We cannot have the bureaucrats in Washington telling you how to manage your child’s education. Common Core is a total disaster, we can’t let it continue,” Trump said in a Jan. 26 video on his Facebook page.
Ted Cruz has a similar stance.
Ted Cruz
“I think we should repeal every word of Common Core. Education is far too important to have it governed by unelected bureaucrats down in Washington,” he said, on a YouTube video of a meeting in New Hampshire on March 15, 2015.
