The Common Core State Standards Initiative is a coordinated effort to prepare every child in the U.S. public school system for college or the workforce by ensuring that they reach certain ...

The cognitive science that provides the basis for the Common Core State Standards will lead to improved student learning. Third-grade teacher Sherry Frangia high-fives student Jayla Hopkins during ...

Standards are learning goals designed to give our children the education they need to graduate from high school ready for college or the world of work. The Common Core standards encourage ...

High School: Islamic vocabulary lesson part of Common Core standards By Todd Starnes Fox News Published December 20, 2014 2:36pm EST | Updated July 31, 2015 12:41pm EDT ...

Science. Social Media. ... Common Core Razes Charter School Standards. ByBill Frezza, Contributor. ... Algebra 2 would be considered a sufficient terminal high school math course.

Science. Social Media. ... How Common Core Testing Damaged High School English Classes. ByPeter Greene. ... Some of this damage cannot exactly be tied to the Common Core Standards themselves, ...

The Common Core State Standards was one of the biggest initiatives in decades aimed at changing public education — and like many school “reforms” in the era of high-stakes standardized ...

Last Friday afternoon, Achieve’s “Next Generation Science Standards”, as they’re calling their Common Core, finally became available. Their “public comment” interval ends June first. I ...

Until then, even some of those with criticisms say they’re pleased the common core is in high school classrooms. “These [standards] are the best that have been done in the U.S.,” said Mr. Askey.

The Common Core State Standards lay out specific skills that students in each grade should learn in mathematics and English. They have been adopted by 46 states and the District of Columbia ...

Third-graders at St. John Berchmans School in Chicago walk outside the school Sept. 6. Catholic schools in the archdiocese of Chicago are preparing to implement the Common Core State Standards.