David Vitter: ‘I Strongly Support the Common Core Standards’

 "I strongly support the common core standards. When you actually look at the standards which is what common core is about, people who really read them that may not be a whole lot, but people actually look at them. I think they are really strong, significant, positive standards. The key is being aggressive at the state level in implementation in two regards. Number one: planning and implementation so nobody is caught off guard and surprised and there is plenty of preparations in the classroom, giving teachers the help they need et cetera. Number two: retaining state and local control of curriculum and reading list. We can do that but states sometimes haven't put in the necessary effort to do that and be fully on top of that and I would absolutely do that."