Note: this is part 4 of a ten-part series on the Common Core. For part three, see here. Building on my discussion of Common Core aligned materials yesterday, today I want to talk about Common Core ...

It’s been a rough year for the Common Core standards. As parents, teachers, officials, and politicians learn more about the standards, more and more states are considering ways to get out of Common ...

Not long after New York state raised eyebrows with a curriculum solicitation that was anything but business-as-usual, it is triggering uneasiness among teachers who feel that tests are being given on ...

Even as the Common Core State Standards are being put into practice across most of the country, nearly half of teachers feel unprepared to teach them, especially to disadvantaged students, according ...

The learning standards were new. The textbooks were not. So curriculum director Tammy Baumann and her team took the books apart, literally. Then they rearranged lessons, filled in holes with outside ...

WEBVTT WHAT IS ON THE MIND OF MARYLAND TEACHERS WHEN IT COMES TO THE COMMON CORE STANDARDS? SOME ANSWERS IN THE TEACHER UNION SURVEY AND EXPLORE IS HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THE COMMON CORE AND TEACHER ...

Here's an important thing to understand about the Common Core Standards--nobody is in charge of them. Many standards have official gatekeepers. For instance, the National Institute of Standards and ...

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The Tea Party is still leading the charge against the federal government's Common Core educational standards, but the cause is suddenly getting support from some teachers and some (famous) parents. In ...