“Let's be clear about what Common Core is. It spells out what students should know at the end of each grade. The goal is to ensure that our students are sound in math and literacy and that our schools have some basic consistency nationwide. But the standards do not dictate a national curriculum, and teachers are not told how or what to teach.”

American media executive and former television news reporter

Campbell Brown is an American media executive and former television news reporter and anchorwoman. She was born Alma Dale Campbell Brown and is known for her work at NBC and CNN, as well as later roles in media partnerships and advisory work. She co-anchored NBC’s Weekend Today from 2003 to 2007 and hosted CNN’s prime-time program Campbell Brown from 2008 to 2010. Brown was part of NBC’s Hurricane Katrina coverage, for which the team won an Emmy Award. She later served as head of global media partnerships at Meta and is a senior advisor to Tollbit.