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 ...

“How can we best prepare our students for the common core in language arts?” As I mentioned in the last post, I have been no fan of the Common Core standards (see The Best Articles Sharing Concerns ...

In less than three years, the Common Core State Standards have vaulted over three key hurdles, surprising more than a few naysayers. In June 2009, governors and education chiefs in 46 states pledged ...

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 ...

The Common Core State Standards began in 2009 as a state-led effort to measure the nation’s students against a shared benchmark. At first, the standards received broad acceptance. Education leaders ...

Just give all the chalk to me, and don't let anyone else touch the board. While the Comon Core is a shredded shadow of its ambitious former self, the standards movement that birthed it is still out ...

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, ...

Common Core is a set of learning standards that emphasizes higher-ordered thinking skills, such as problem solving and evaluative thinking. The standards identify a set of skills, dispositions and ...

I’m still learning about common core. My understanding is that common core standards are more rigorous than past standards and will make students more college/ career ready. Before we react, I think ...