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 ...

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 ...

Common Core is a voluntary set of education standards for reading and math. Backers and developers include the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the National Governors Association and the Council ...

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.

A bafflingly graded third-grade math quiz caused a firestorm on Reddit last week and has spread across the internet, causing several people to question Common Core math standards and the teacher's ...

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 ...

Common Core standards in English language arts, mathematics eliminated in Georgia The new standards were revised as part of a collaborative effort that was a community-led, student-focused effort ...

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

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.