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 ...

The Common Core State Standards are designed to have a transformative effect on teaching and learning in the United States. But, as we all know, the 46 states and the District of Columbia that have ...

Washington, D.C. – The transition to the Common Core State Standards offers an important opportunity to replace America’s flawed and misaligned assessment system with better and fairer tests, ...

If we redesign schools so that they have significantly more time for student learning and teacher development and collaboration, they will be better able to meet the challenges of Common Core ...

The Michigan House passed a budget bill prohibiting the state department of education from using state money to implement the Common Core national education standards and associated tests. The Senate ...

I have an article out today over at Education Next looking through the Common Core implementation glass darkly. As I say in the piece, for a variety of reasons (some of which were enumerated by Bill ...

Resources and tools for Common Core abound, but it's time to gauge how implementation is really going, according to some stakeholders. Part of that motivation, according to the… ...

Ten years ago, states across the country began to embrace a new set of tougher learning standards in public schools. This new model, called Common Core, was meant to transform how students are taught ...

Lawmakers are calling on State Education Commissioner John King to delay the state's continued implementation of the Common Core curriculum. Sen. Ken LaValle, along with other state lawmakers, met at ...

This week's "Your Turn" segment goes to Robin Gordon. Gordon is one of many people complaining about Common Core, and some parents are opting their children our of the associated PARCC test. Gordon ...

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.