Across the country, teachers are adapting their instructional practices to the new Common Core standards in math and English language arts. A recent report, called Listening and Learning from Teachers ...

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Corrected: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that the print version of the Core Knowledge standards will be given away for free. The foundation will make the standards available for ...

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We’ve heard it said that the standards demand a deeper understanding of math than many math teachers now have. In your travels, have you found this to be true? And what can be done? In the community ...

A recent book described the “Reign of Errors” we have lived through in the name of education reform. I am afraid that the Common Core continues many of these errors, and makes some new ones as well.

The core issue in education this brand new school year revolves around something called the Common Core. It's a prescription for teaching and grading students that's provoked an uncommonly spirited ...

Educators and lawmakers across the nation are engaged in ever-escalating disputes over a set of education standards known as the Common Core. The rules once enjoyed widespread bipartisan support, but ...

In education circles, some observers are predicting the beginning of the end of the new Common Core standards. The Washington Post, for instance, has forecast a "coming Common Core meltdown." Others ...

The U.S. Department of Education is legally prohibited from having any control over curriculum or instruction in the nation’s public schools, but nonetheless Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is a ...

South Dakota’s education board approved revised math standards to replace Common Core-based language, even as educators raised concerns about errors and misalignment.

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