mickey landry is the directive level of choice that ran the school. his staff trained for two years to implement the standards. a bipartisan group of governors and education experts came to the same conclusion when they developed the standards from 2010. they were building on the no child left behind policy. the obama administration embraced it and encouraged states to do the same, if they wanted in on raise to the top funds. in 2012 the louisiana governor announced his support for the common core at a choice foundation school with mickey landry at his side. >> parents and kids should not be trapped in a failing school because of their zipcode, income gender or colour. he did a 180, announcing he wanted others to reject the standards. >> at some point you have to say enough is enough. this is where we draw the line. >> how could he on the one hand in 2012 come to one of our schools and declare he was going to raise the standard and rigor, because that's what our children needed to compete in the world they live in as adults, and pull the rug out from