Mitt Romney possible presidential campaign, 2016/Education
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Mitt Romney |
Republican presidential nominee (2012) Governor of Massachusetts (2003-2007) |
January 30, 2015 |
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- Mitt Romney supported the No Child Left Behind Act, according to the USA Today.[1]
- In September 2012, Romney discussed his position on Common Core standards. He said, "You know, I think it's fine for people to lay out what they think core subjects might be and to suggest a pedagogy and being able to provide that learning to our kids. I don't subscribe to the idea of the federal government trying to push a common core on various states. It's one thing to put it out as a model and let people adopt it as they will, but to financially reward states based upon accepting the federal government's idea of a curriculum, I think, is a mistake. And the reason I say that is that there may be a time when the government has an agenda that it wants to promote. And I'm not wild about the federal government having some kind of agenda that it then compensates states to teach their kids. I'd rather let education and what is taught state by state be determined state by state, not by the federal government."[2]
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