Wilson, Woods draw contrasts at education forum | The Augusta Chronicle

The clearest difference between the two candidates remains their take on Common Core, a set of national math and English standards developed by the National Governors Association and adopted by Georgia lawmakers.

Wilson said she doesn’t have an issue with the standards but would give teachers more support implementing them. Educators have asked her to stay the course, she said.

“What they are saying is, please allow us the opportunity to be successful with these standards,” Wilson said.

Woods said he opposed Georgia adopting the standards because they were not specific to students here. He has previously said they should be reviewed but stopped short of calling for state lawmakers to withdraw.

“We need to have a very precision-type evaluation of the standards themselves and make sure that they are age appropriate, content appropriate and that we can actually cover them during the year,” Woods said.

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