WASHINGTON (AP) - Most of the states that first endorsed the Common Core academic standards are still using them in some form, despite continued debate over whether they are improving student ...

The Common Core State Standards is a new initiative that outlines literacy and mathematics expectations for K-12 schools across the country. iStock For all of their superficial similarities, the ...

Donald Trump first said he would be "getting rid of Common Core" at a Republican primary debate in 2016. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos declared the Common Core was "dead" in 2018. But the federal ...

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush used a speech Thursday to the annual meeting of his Foundation for Excellence in Education to try to steer the conversation away from focus on the Common Core standards to ...

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 ...

An essay posted to The Diplomat, "an international current affairs magazine for the Asia-Pacific region," puts into words the uneasy feeling I've had listening to Louisianians rail against Common Core ...

Even though the Alabama Legislature did not remove the state from the federal Common Core education guidelines in the recently completed session, the debate over Common Core is not over. On Monday, ...

Two education experts who are on both sides of Arizona’s Common Core debate are both saying that they like the idea behind a bill that’s now being considered in the Arizona Senate. Senate Bill 1035, ...

Sometimes choices aren’t clear-cut. But the selection that needs to be made with the Common Core academic standards is the exact opposite: It’s simple and obvious.

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