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"Cursive writing shall be taught in all public schools. Each public school shall ensure that such instruction is introduced ...
The Common Core math and reading standards were drafted by governors and top education officials from different states. National leaders embraced the proposed changes, and federal money was ...
Controversial standards are liked by teachers in states where they've been in use longest.
Louisiana educators will teach under new standards next year, but people on both sides of the argument say they're not too different.
Common Core Standards math pushes Algebra I from eighth grade to high school, contradicting a discipline-wide consensus.
Florida's State Board of Education voted Wednesday to get rid of Common Core and replace those academic standards with a new set of language arts and math benchmarks.
Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the creation of new academic standards on Friday, a year after he directed the state to root out all “vestiges of Common Core” and change the way Florida’s ...
Right now, I am 15 years old, but there has been no shortage of Common Core barriers placed on my learning. In second grade, my teacher ceased to provide me with spelling assignments, which ...
Common Core, a national set of educational standards adopted in 2010, established reading and math benchmarks that children must reach from kindergarten through 12th grade.
Higher academic standards like those in the Common Core were supposed to improve student performance, but that hasn’t happened. Teachers need more specific guidance than standards provide, and ...
The letter offered some specific criticisms of Common Core, but said it should be the "baseline" for any new standards.
After nearly two years of talks, the Arizona Board of Education adopted revisions to its Common Core-based standards.