For nearly an hour, Dowan McNair-Lee has been walking her 8th grade English/language arts students through ways to identify the central idea of a text. She’s come at it from several angles, and no ...

The Common Core State Standards mean big changes in classrooms across the country. This... is the sound of that change. Postcards From The Common Core Classroom Postcards From The Common Core ...

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The U.S. Department of Education coerced Louisiana and dozens of other states into adopting Common Core academic standards and assessments by dangling grant money in front of them, a former department ...

Next year marks the 10-year anniversary of the Common Core State Standards; the Next Generation Science Standards have been around nearly as long. The majority of states have officially adopted one or ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Common Core is officially done in Florida with the state's Department of Education saying it has been "officially eradicated" from classrooms. The department said in a news release ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Friday that Common Core has officially been eradicated from Florida classrooms. "Florida has officially eliminated Common Core," said DeSantis in a press release. "I truly ...

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 ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — The Florida Department of Education released new state standards as Common Core, at the direction of Gov. DeSantis, is now eliminated from classrooms statewide. The ...

As she wraps up class, fourth-grade teacher Rosalyn Bailey walks by each table, hovers over each child and points at the math assignment. “What’s two-tenths plus four-tenths?” Bailey asks one of her ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The state Department of Education announced Friday that Common Core has been officially removed from Florida classrooms. B.E.S.T. standards will replace Common Core, officials say ...

The Common Core State Standards have become a political hot potato. In some cases, a punching bag. (Pick your cliche.) But the fact remains that, in 43 states and the District of Columbia, the ...