What Trump Just Said About Common Core Has Parents Cheering

President Donald Trump made a big announcement on Tuesday that reiterated one of his campaign promises — it’s time to end Common Core.

“Common Core, I mean, we have to bring education more local,” Trump said Tuesday at the White House during a CEO Business Town Hall event. “We can’t be managing education from Washington.”

“When I go out to Iowa, when I go out to the different states and I talk, they want to run their school programs locally and they’ll do a much better job… And I like the fact of getting rid of Common Core,” he said.

“You know, Common Core, to me, we have to end it. We have to bring education local, to me. I’ve always said it, I’ve been saying it during the campaign, and we’re doing it.”

American Principles Project senior fellow Emmett McGroarty released a statement praising Trump for his focus on dismantling Common Core.

“More than any other President — or even presidential candidate — ever, Donald Trump has empathized with our citizens, particularly parents, who have seen firsthand the damage done by federal efforts to shape and dictate education policy,” the statement read.

“Today’s comments show that President Trump has not forgotten his promise to end Common Core and return to local control of education,” McGroarty continued. “He is taking seriously the assurance he made in his Inaugural Address, ‘Today… we are transferring power from Washington, D.C. and giving it back to you, the American people.’”

McGroarty went on to describe how important it will be for the president to show strong leadership on this issue in the future.

“Every Swamp creature will unite to fight against the president on this, so his leadership will be critical,” he explained. “We look forward to seeing what steps the Trump Administration will take in the coming months to take power away from Washington D.C. and return it to parents.”

While getting rid of Common Core altogether is critical, it would be an even bigger boon to our education system to see the federal government out of it completely by doing away with the federal Education Department.

Although it seems highly unlikely at this point, it would be a huge move to drain the swamp and drastically improve education in this country.

H/T Breitbart

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