For a while now, some anti-Big Government privacy activists have argued that the Common Core learning standards are actually just a front for data collection. But when it comes to student data, Big ...

As many educators and researchers will attest, there’s no exact science to choosing vocabulary words—no inherent reason the word “detest” is more important to teach than “despise,” or why “compassion” ...

When a student moves from one school to another, one of the biggest adjustments he or she must make — aside from meeting and making new friends — is academically. A student lights a small piece of ...

As nearly all states adopted college- and career-ready standards in the past five years, many advocates in the special education community crossed their fingers, hoping that the trend would press the ...

Washington, D.C. — Researchers and employers alike acknowledge that science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or STEM, skills are critical for highly educated workers, as well as professions ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fifteen years after the calamitous rollout of the Common Core math standards, the once-derided strategy has proven its staying ...

The Louisiana state Department of Education did make the right choice in adopting the Common Core standards. The Common Core places each student in every state on a scheduled path, focuses on ...

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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 ...