Forty-one states, including California, have adopted the Common Core State Standards in math and English language arts. The standards describe the knowledge and skills that students should master by ...

That works for math, but it could be a fatal flaw when it comes to literacy. Many people make the mistake of believing that the Common Core State Standards constitute a curriculum. That’s ...

The California framework could have, as often happens, shrunk away from the tough issues. It did not. Thank you. Let’s take this framework and get to work. Phil Daro was a lead author on the Common ...