It was good to see State University of New York Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher out front defending the Common Core learning standards. She brought up some good points that critics need to hear, ...

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 ...

This article is the third in a three-part series on Common Core public outreach. It’s not just the federal government and private foundations spending millions to promote Common Core as state and ...

A survey answered by 975 Arkansas teachers in grades 3-12 found that 61% would keep the Common Core State Standards while 39% would eliminate them. However, 87% said they "don't like the testing ...

Over at The Weekly Standard, Andy Ferguson’s evaluation of Common Core is on an ACE inhibitor, fair and free of the high-blood pressure hyperbole that’s comprised debate of the standards. His piece is ...

HELENA – From Ekalaka to Kalispell, Montana schools are doing what they think is a good thing: Updating curricula, testing and instruction to meet new, tougher Common Core standards for reading and ...