"Betsy DeVos is a brilliant and passionate education advocate," Trump said in a statement Wednesday. Jeb Bush -- one of Trump's GOP primary opponents -- which promoted both school choice and the Common Core education standards. And so while Trump vowed to eliminate Common Core, his pick of DeVos has begun to scare conservative opponents of the standards. As speculation swirled Tuesday that DeVos might snag the top education job, conservative opponents of Common Core began to warn Trump away from DeVos. DeVos did not initially mention Common Core in a statement Wednesday, but said broadly that "the status quo in education is not acceptable."

Source: CNN November 23, 2016 18:28 UTC