As the nation prepares to celebrate Independence Day, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) is launching a renewed push ...

Cursive writing is still taught in some schools within the U.S., although, it's not nationally mandated or emphasized. In ...

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.

In 2010, cursive was omitted from the new national Common Core standards for K–12 education. The students in my class, and their peers, were then somewhere in elementary school.

In March of 2021, Learning List completed and published its review of STEMscopes Math for grades 3-5. STEMscopes Math is a core mathematics program for grades K-5. It combines digital, print, and kit ...

Less than a decade ago, Tennessee author Bill Carey couldn’t sell his historical booklets to school districts and teachers without a Common Core stamp on them. Today, he fears his publications are ...

Answer Sheet Why the Common Core standards failed — and what it means for school reform A new book tells the story April 5, 2021 More than 4 years ago Summary Perspective by Valerie Strauss ...

Still, one of the public speakers at the meeting described the new B.E.S.T. standards as “Common Core light.” Oliva also outlined the history of academic standards that have continued to shift in ...

MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - With a 23 to 7 vote Thursday afternoon, the Alabama Senate passed a bill to repeal Common Core standards. The bill will now go to the Alabama House of Representatives to ...

The bill said it would replace Common Core standards with the previous 2011 Math study courses and 2012 English study courses. The bill then said the State Board of Education then would update ...

DeSantis' plan would mark a bigger break with the national standards than Florida has made in the past. Former GOP Gov. Jeb Bush was a big backer of Common Core, helping push the state to sign on ...

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 ...