Are the Common Core Standards a Good Idea? 45 states and the District of Columbia have adopted the Common Core State Standards for their public schools, a set of common curriculum guidelines promoted ...

Across the country, teachers are adapting their instructional practices to the new Common Core standards in math and English language arts. A recent report, called Listening and Learning from Teachers ...

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For a while, the Common Core State Standards seemed to teeter on the brink of the abyss. State lawmakers were defecting left and right, convening committees to rewrite the standards. But a review ...

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EdSource · How a father’s detention shaped his son’s educational career The Common Core State Standards state what students should master, but they are not a curriculum. Jumping from the standards to ...

Corrected: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that the print version of the Core Knowledge standards will be given away for free. The foundation will make the standards available for ...

Educators and lawmakers across the nation are engaged in ever-escalating disputes over a set of education standards known as the Common Core. The rules once enjoyed widespread bipartisan support, but ...

In education circles, some observers are predicting the beginning of the end of the new Common Core standards. The Washington Post, for instance, has forecast a "coming Common Core meltdown." Others ...

The U.S. Department of Education is legally prohibited from having any control over curriculum or instruction in the nation’s public schools, but nonetheless Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is a ...

Right now, America's schools are in a sprint. Forty-four states and the District of Columbia have adopted the Common Core State Standards. That means new learning benchmarks for the vast majority of ...