Forty-three states and the District of Columbia have fully adopted the Common Core State Standards, ... 43 states are standing by the Common Core, but one-third are calling it by another name.

But as the common core shifts from theory to reality, critics are emerging. State lawmakers are concerned about the cost, which the Fordham Institute estimated could run as high as $12 billion ...

The Common Core educational standards for reading and math, long a source of intense political controversy, will soon go by the wayside in Kansas.But they aren't going away because of political ...

The standards themselves aside, a major concern among digital-literacy experts about the transition to the common core is that the tests aligned to the standards don’t require real online reading.

Common Core. For many parents, it’s become their homework nemesis. Meanwhile, the new educational standards are being tossed around like a political football.Love it or hate it, Common Core is a ...

The new benchmarks in reading and math have been adopted in 45 states and Washington, D.C. But there's still plenty of confusion about what exactly the standards are, and what they mean for students.

In “Common Core: National Education Standards and the Threat to Democracy,” Nicholas Tampio offers a concise and readable anatomy of the Common Core movement as well as a case against national ...

Diane Ravitch this morning has revealed the basic accepted process for the setting of national standards, and the process leading to the Common Core violated just about every step.

Common Core State Standards Initiative; Hillsborough County Public Schools, Tampa, Fla. South Side High School, Rockville Center, N.Y. Back To School More Eye ...

Common Core standards — which lay out what students should know and be able to do by each grade — have captured widespread public attention only in the last 18 months or so. But they have been ...

WESH 2 News spoke with school leaders about the governor's decision. "I know that it has been a sore point for a lot of parents who didn't understand Common Core and didn't know how to help their ...