How and why did Common Core come to exist? How does it compare to traditional teaching and learning? Are there states that did not accept Common Core? Did it have its start with educators and parents ...

The people who came up with the idea of the Common Core saw reading comprehension as a content-neutral set of skills, leading to massive confusion. The Common Core may be the most misunderstood ...

Four years ago, the largest school cheating scandal in U.S. history shook Atlanta. Nearly 180 teachers and administrators at 44 of the city’s 56 public schools were implicated in a scheme to correct ...

The new question-of-the-week is: How can we help English Language Learners meet the Common Core Standards? On one hand, you have Common Core Standards or, in states that don’t use Common Core, there ...

The Common Core State Standards are dead. Done. Finished. Authorities have told us so. Betsy DeVos delivered a brief eulogy at the American Enterprise Institute earlier this month. “And at the U.S.

It was one of the most ambitious education efforts in United States history. Did it fail? Or does it just need more time to succeed? By Dana Goldstein The plan was hatched with high hopes and ...