Right now, America's schools are in a sprint. Forty-four states and the District of Columbia have adopted the Common Core State Standards. That means new learning benchmarks for the vast majority of ...

The state's controversial Common Core curriculum is a hot topic and was the subject of discussion at a St. Tammany Parish School Board meeting.Tensions flared in Covington as hundreds attended the ...

During the five years since California adopted the Common Core State Standards for mathematics and English language arts, the search for high-quality textbooks and curriculum materials has been a ...

Since Connecticut adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in 2010, teachers have been teaching the same curriculum at the same time, but they have been having very different experiences in the ...

New guidelines on crafting curriculum materials for the common standards in English/language arts are reigniting debate about how to ensure a marketplace of good instructional materials for the new ...

Last year Melody Arabo had the hardest year of her 13-year teaching career. The program she and her colleagues had been given to teach third-grade math at Keith Elementary just outside of Detroit was ...

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott issued an opinion yesterday related to the Common Core school standards, a voluntary national program Texas is not participating in. In spite of Texas' ...

Most publishers are scrambling to produce materials aligned to the common core, since those math and English/language arts guidelines are in effect in 43 states and the District of Columbia. But some, ...

What do Columbia University and the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley have in common? The Ivy League university in New York City and the Hispanic-serving institution in rural Texas are separated ...

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Since Connecticut adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in 2010, teachers have been teaching the same curriculum at the same time, but they have been having very different experiences in the ...