Heartland

Bipartisan Leaders Rethink Indiana’s Common Core Participation (updated)

Indiana’s Senate passed a bill to withdraw the state from Common Core national education standards in February, after the bill morphed into a bipartisan bid to have the state reconsider with more ...
Time

Can GE Help Bring Common Core Standards to Life?

This morning the GE Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the multinational General Electric Company, announced a landmark $18 million investment to support state implementation of the new Common Core ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Common Core standards were created and controlled by the states

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Regarding the letter "Parents have reason to fear Common Core" (May 19) written by Robert Holland of The Heartland institute: Mr.
The Times of Northwest Indiana

History shows Indiana loved Common Core before loathing it

INDIANAPOLIS | State lawmakers spent nearly seven hours last week listening to expert and public testimony concerning Indiana's use of Common Core educational standards. Indiana made Common Core its ...
The Chronicle of Philanthropy

How Can Donors Advance Education—and the ‘Common Core’?

The Common Core standards create consistent and rigorous expectations for what students need to learn and be able to do from kindergarten through high school to prepare for college and 21st-century ...
LAist

The Common Core FAQ

The Common Core State Standards have vaulted into the national consciousness lately thanks to some high-profile dissenters, like Louis C.K. ("Kids teachers parents are vocally suffering.") and Stephen ...
Heartland

Bipartisan Leaders Rethink Indiana’s Common Core Participation

A bill to withdraw Indiana from Common Core national education standards is morphing into a bipartisan bid to have the state reconsider with more public input. When 46 states signed the initiative in ...