Common Core is the first major reform initiative to deal with the front end of education -- the substance of what actually is being taught in the classroom, instead of focusing solely on student ...

Right now, America's schools are in a sprint. Forty-four states and the District of Columbia have adopted the Common Core State Standards. That means new learning benchmarks for the vast majority of ...

Last school year, districts were grappling with controversial issues like statewide teacher and principal evaluations at the same time they were being introduced to the Common Core curriculum and ...

With less than two years remaining until California students and educators are faced with a radically different curriculum and standardized testing system, school districts are getting the first round ...

Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Forest reiterated his questions Monday night about the Common Core curriculum adopted by the state’s public schools, saying that many teachers across North Carolina are not ...

Parents in the Madison school district got their first look Thursday at how their children will be taught when the new Common Core Curriculum goes into effect. Through two one-hour information ...

Bill Gates came to AEI yesterday and I had the opportunity to ask him a question about the Common Core standards. Given all of the controversy around the standards, I’ve been curious for a while why ...

Administrators, teachers and parents rallied Thursday against the state's Common Core curriculum. Some say the event, which was held in Hauppauge, was a pro-Zephyr Teachout rally as much as it was an ...

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