Florida Governor Plans Rollback of Common Core

Florida Governor Plans Rollback of Common Core
Gov. Ron DeSantis in Miami, Fla., on Jan. 9, 2019. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
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A sweeping executive order recently issued by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis aims to remove the “vestiges” of the politically unpopular Common Core standards that remain in the state’s taxpayer-funded school system.

Past polling suggests Americans nationwide are skeptical—and, in many cases, hostile—to Common Core, but the program, aimed at applying uniform standards for measuring academic progress across the country, remains in effect across most of the United States.