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 ...

The common-core standards don’t mention money until 2nd grade. The high school math standards are labeled as Algebra I, geometry, and Algebra II. In the common core, the high school standards ...

While U.S. students traditionally begin learning to write with print letters (as the common core requires), they very well could start with cursive—as young students do in many European countries.

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Similarly, included in the Common Core State Standards for Mathematical Practice is the expectation that college and career ready students will be able to “construct viable arguments and critique the ...

Tens of millions of dollars are pouring into the battle over the Common Core academic standards, which aim to set a course for students’ progression in math and language arts from kindergarten ...

About two-thirds, or 68%, say implementation is "going well" in their schools, up from 62% last year. But 81% of teachers say Common Core is "challenging" to implement, up from 73% last year.

That happened again in the 1990s with the launching of upgraded state curriculum standards (e.g., Massachusetts) and then NCLB and later Common Core came along. It is happening now and will happen ...

But if what happened in New York and Kentucky, two of the 45 states that have signed on to the Common Core State Standards Initiative, is any indication, the chaos has only just begun.

After adopting the new Common Core standards, Berkeley has become one of an increasing number of districts across the country to reject textbooks or workbooks — at least for some classes. The new ...

The Common Core stresses the need for students to articulate and defend their reasoning and to critique others' reasoning. All classes, including math and science, now require well-orchestrated ...

While U.S. students traditionally begin learning to write with print letters (as the common core requires), they very well could start with cursive—as young students do in many European countries.