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By Alana Rocha, The Texas Tribune
February 1, 2015
Credit: Bob Daemmrich
On Fox News Sunday, Gov. Greg Abbott and former U.S. Education Secretary Bill Bennett debated Common Core – the uniform academic standards overseen by the National Governors Association that Texas lawmakers have refused to use. Abbott said governors in states that have implemented Common Core are now “running from it like a house on fire.” Here’s video of the debate.
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Alana Rocha was the director of news partnerships for The Texas Tribune until June 2022. She was previously a multimedia reporter, after working in television and radio news for eight years. Alana covered... More by Alana Rocha
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