TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Common Core in Florida is over.

The state Department of Education in a statement on Friday said the controversial set of academic standards "has been officially eradicated from Florida classrooms."

Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran said he is recommending that the state Board of Education next week adapts Common Core's successor, Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking, also known as BEST.

The Common Core standards were first proposed a decade ago by associations of governors and state education chiefs, and they were embraced in Florida by former Gov. Jeb Bush....