The Common Core State Standards is a new initiative that outlines literacy and mathematics expectations for K-12 schools across the country. iStock For all of their superficial similarities, the ...

The Common Core has arguably become the most contentious issue in American education. Experts face off over the new state standards in the latest... Debate: Should Schools Embrace The Common Core?

Most of the states that first endorsed the Common Core academic standards are still using them in some form. That's despite continued debate over whether they are improving student performance in ...

A bill in the Alabama Legislature to repeal Common Core seems to have stalled in the House after passing quickly through the Senate last week. It’s doesn’t appear to be dead, but it’s not going ...

Alabama lawmakers are set to take a vote on a bill that supporters say will improve the state’s standing in math achievement in K-12 schools. The bill, called the Alabama Numeracy Act, is sponsored by ...

“To me, the Common Core is common sense.” Maury Cook, first-year principal at Ramsay School, and his staff members apply their own twist to Common Core, focusing mostly on math. Teachers supplement ...

Across the country, parents are discovering that what their children bring home from school looks very little like what they once learned. It isn’t just math — reading lessons, writing expectations, ...

For an updated version of this story, see “Review of Math Programs Comes Under Fire.” The first round of a Consumer Reports-style review for instructional materials paints a dismal picture of the ...