Ben Carson in The Wall Street Journal

On Education: Private schooling better than Common Core public schooling

Carson didn't mention any of his potential rivals for the GOP nomination. But in response to a question, he condemned the Common Core national academic standards that have been championed by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. Carson, who claimed that home-schooled and private school students are better educated than public school students, said, "Our public schools don't need some central government telling them how to do it."

The standards were created and adopted by state officials, but the Obama administration's financial incentives to states that adopt them have drawn accusations of government overreach.

Source: Wall Street Journal:2015 Conservative Political Action Conf. Feb 26, 2015

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