Cash-strapped state education budgets have another fiscal burden looming: the cost of implementing Common Core standards. Based on a range of state estimates, a reasonable estimate of the total ...

Despite the impact the implementation is having on teachers and schools, not many parents know what Common Core is all about. According to a September Gallup poll, almost two-thirds of Americans had ...

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Brandy Zeringue speaks her mind as more than 100 parents gathered for a meeting to discuss their concerns and anger over the implementation of Common Core at Lake Harbor School in Mandeville, Tuesday, ...

While debates have sparked across the country as 45 states work to implement the Common Core State Standards, Wyoming school districts have quietly been making curriculum adjustments to ensure that ...

Recently I heard the debate in Ohio and other states over the Common Core Standards described as nothing more than “political theater.” I have analyzed that statement from my perspective as a former ...