National curriculum mandates are influencing schools across the country in myriad ways, big and small. One not-so-obvious change is that Common Core standards can influence how teachers grade student ...

Those who are pushing for the Common Core Standards initiative are telling schools in each state which concepts should be taught to our children, grade by grade. They tell us these standards are more ...

An article by Elizabeth Green (CEO of a nonprofit education news organization called Chalkbeat) that recently appeared in the New York Times magazine, attempts to explain why most Americans are bad at ...

Despite valid opposition and protests, the Common Core standards are among the boldest and most serious national efforts ever made to place educational reform front and center ["A realistic ...

I can't believe the continued ruckus about the Common Core standards. The concept for Common Core State Standards originated from state governors of both parties. They were developed by a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fifteen years after the calamitous rollout of the Common Core math standards, the once-derided strategy has proven its staying ...

Alabama lawmakers are set to take a vote on a bill that supporters say will improve the state’s standing in math achievement in K-12 schools. The bill, called the Alabama Numeracy Act, is sponsored by ...