Sen. Lamar Alexander Misleads on Common Core

Alexander, who is on track to become chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in the new Republican-controlled Senate, last year introduced a rewrite of the George W. Bush-era No Child Left Behind bill that he has hailed as transferring “100 percent” States already have 100% decision-making authority on the Common Core. of decision-making on items such as Common Core academic standards and other policies to states.…