Common Core isn’t the hot-button issue it was during South Carolina’s primary season for candidates vying to be superintendent of education. While Republican Molly Spearman and Democrat Tom Thompson were split on whether the state should review Common Core during Monday’s ETV debate, the onetime furor over the education standards had calmed to cordial discussion. “Washington does become too involved sometimes in things that can be handled better at the state and local level,” Spearman said, referring to a main complaint against the education standards. Meanwhile, the two candidates agreed tax revenues from mega-businesses that...
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