Common Core Advocate Tony Evers Plans to Run for Wisconsin Governor

Dr. Tony Evers, Wisconsin’s Superintendent of Public Instruction, who adopted Common Core State Standards wants to challenge Governor Scott Walker.
Addressing education issues related to: parental rights, local control of schools, and classical liberal arts education.
Dr. Tony Evers, Wisconsin’s Superintendent of Public Instruction, who adopted Common Core State Standards wants to challenge Governor Scott Walker.
Fred Barnes of The Weekly Standard has drawn the connection between a governor’s support of Common Core and his political fortunes.
ThePulse2016, American Principles in Action, and Cornerstone Policy Research released a Common Core score card of the major GOP presidential candidates.
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker vetoed language in Wisconsin’s biennial budget bill that would codify assessment criteria aligned with the Common Core.
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s budget bill has Common Core opt-out features that could be short circuited by his school accountability emphasis.
Governor Scott Walker (R-WI) said that his administration effectively repealed Common Core in Wisconsin through his state’s spending plan.
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker in his 2015 budget address said that he removed funding for Smarter Balanced in his proposed 2015-2017 budget.
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s school accountability bill override any Common Core opt-out he said he wanted in his State of the State Address.
Wisconsin Republican lawmakers are backing away from discussion of repealing the Common Core instead allowing schools to opt-out and use their own standards,
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker reiterated his call to see Wisconsin have their own standards. Common Core became a wedge issue between Walker