As many educators and researchers will attest, there’s no exact science to choosing vocabulary words—no inherent reason the word “detest” is more important to teach than “despise,” or why “compassion” ...

When it comes to Common Core Learning Standards materials, many teachers utilize a variety of sources for their curriculum. While a recent Thomas B. Fordham Institute report said teachers are still ...

Rigorous educational standards like the Common Core can help students stay in school while engaging them, according to education officials. According to a report by Camille A. Farrington of the ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – Time is running out to take part in New York state’s public opinion survey on the Common Core learning standards. The online survey closes Monday. The state Education Department ...

A group of parents in the Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Central School District is banding together to advocate against the Common Core learning standards. Tricia Kaiser Farmer, whose children are ...

Supporters of the Common Core State Standards are moving to confront increasingly high-profile opposition to the standards at the state and national levels by rallying the private sector and ...

The latest national test scores in reading, math and science reflect more of the same pattern in American education: Far too ...

This is another story in KPCC's ongoing series, Classroom Core, that takes a close look at how the Common Core teaching standards are playing out in schools in Southern California. Amid rows of chairs ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--STEMscopes Math for grades K-8 and Algebra I from Accelerate Learning has received the highest score for alignment to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) from Learning ...

I am not sure if your Pennlive/Patriot News editorial deliberately picked the strangest-sounding arguments against Common Core to dismiss, or you simply do not know that many substantive ones exist. ( ...

Nick Storz is a government student at Patrick Henry College and an intern with the Center for Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation. John Schoof is a research associate at the Center for ...