The final version of the common-core standards for math and English/language arts, released in June by the Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Governors Association, contain two ...

In early May 2016, the New Jersey State Board of Education approved the New Jersey Student Learning Standards, the revised and renamed Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Gov. Chris Christie (R) ...

Nick Storz is a government student at Patrick Henry College and an intern with the Center for Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation. John Schoof is a research associate at the Center for ...

We are in a time of hope and excitement in American education. Arizona, like most other states in the nation, has adopted the Common Core Standards as a guide-post for new curriculum in all classrooms ...

BISMARCK -- Common Core math and English language-arts state standards have been drawing some questions, concerns and criticism. I appreciate the chance to clear up some confusion. North Dakota always ...

An article by Elizabeth Green (CEO of a nonprofit education news organization called Chalkbeat) that recently appeared in the New York Times magazine, attempts to explain why most Americans are bad at ...

PHOENIX — Gov. Jan Brewer ordered her agencies to stop using the term “Common Core’’ when referring to new education standards, in response to hostility from critics over what they see as a federal ...

A revamped draft of proposed common academic standards for states offers more detailed expectations than an earlier version, though the document also says that some decisions about specific curricula ...

Many states have implemented or are currently in the process of developing new educational standards to replace Common Core. Florida officially adopted the Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking.

There is much wrong with American kindergartens—but Common Core State Standards are not to blame. If interpreted correctly, Common Core standards for literacy enable us to help enhance the ...