In our Common Core report card, we graded Carly Fiorina and all of the GOP candidates based on the three following criteria: fighting the Common Core, protecting state and local decision-making on education, and defending child and family privacy. Then we averaged the three grades together for one final grade.
What does each grade mean?
A … Champions the issue, e.g., offers legislation, makes it a centerpiece issue.
B … Professes support, but has not provided leadership or otherwise championed it.
C … Has neither helped nor hurt the cause.
D … Has an overall negative record on the issue.
F … Robustly and consistently works against the issue.
So how did Carly Fiorina do?
Ending the Common Core System: B-
Protecting State and Local Decision Making: B-
Protecting Child and Family Privacy: C
Overall Grade: C+
Like Carson, Fiorina is limited to commentary. Although she says the right things now, she praised Race to the Top during her Senate bid.
In recent statements, Carly Fiorina has highlighted Common Core as a key policy difference between herself and Jeb Bush. She has stated:
I think Common Core is a really bad idea. It is a giant bureaucratic program, and we have demonstrated over forty years that the Department of Education can get bigger and bigger and bigger, and the quality of education continues to deteriorate. I think it’s pretty clear based on those facts that giving more money to the Department of Education doesn’t improve learning in the classroom.
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