GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina would give Common Core a failing grade.
“Our education system is a big problem,” the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard said on “Fox News Sunday.” “When a Washington bureaucracy gets involved in a program, it becomes heavy-handed and standardized. It’s how Washington bureaucracy works.”
Common Core is a set of federally mandated academic guidelines that dictate what students should know at the end of each grade of schooling from Kindergarten to 12th grade.
Fiorina used China as an example of how federal involvement in education hurts the country.
“China has put in place an education system that standardizes behavior,” she said. “It is part of their regime’s oppression.”
What China has done is similar to Common Core in the United States, she said.
“Common Core, unfortunately, limits parents’ choices,” Fiorina said. “It will, over time, limit our children’s options.”
Fiorina, who launched her presidential campaign on May 4, is the only female GOP presidential candidate so far. She has ramped up her campaign stops and media appearances as she tries to raise her profile.
With 1.5 points, she is currently polling thirteenth in a RealClearPolitics average of polls.
