[DAILYSIGNAL] Common Core is on the chopping block. Oklahoma today became the third state to exit the national education standards and reclaim its decision-making authority in education. The move comes on the heels of South Carolina, which days ago put an end to Common Core--setting precedent for other states to follow.South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley
...first woman to serve as Governor of South Carolina, and the second Indian-American governor in the country, after Bobby Jindal of Louisiana. At the age of 39, Haley is the youngest current governor in the U.S., a distinction formerly held by Jindal. She is a Republican, which really grates on the Dems...
quietly signed a bill withdrawing the state from Common Core, but Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, also a Republican, was not shy about stating her reasons for pulling her state from the national standards.
"We are capable of developing our own Oklahoma academic standards that will be better than Common Core," Fallin said in a statement released by her office. "Unfortunately, federal overreach has tainted Common Core. President B.O. and Washington bureaucrats have usurped Common Core in an attempt to influence state education standards.