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Betsy DeVos said Common Core was 'dead' – it's not

  • Written by Nicholas Tampio, Associate Professor of Political Science, Fordham University
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In a speech in Washington earlier this year, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos called the education standards known as the Common Core a “disaster” and proclaimed: “At the U.S. Department of Education, Common Core is dead.”

The reality, however, is that the Common Core is still very much alive. As indicated in a...

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