In 2009, the National Governors Association (NGA) and the Chief Council of State School Officers (CCSSO) launched the Common Core State Standards initiative, a state-led effort to construct national ...

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 ...

Topeka? The Common Core educational standards for reading and math, long a source of intense political controversy, will soon go by the wayside in Kansas. But they aren’t going away because of ...

This post was originally posted on the Curriculum Matters blog. Earlier this week, Louisiana legislators approved a new set of academic standards to replace the Common Core State Standards, reports my ...

Louisiana educators will teach under new standards next year, after an eight-month review process and years of public disagreement about Common Core State Standards. Both proponents and opponents of ...

Two candidates in the Feb. 21, 2017 primary election for state superintendent of public instruction are in a race to replace. Replace the Common Core academic standards, that is. We decided to turn to ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Common Core State Standards, often referred to as ”Common Core” are a set of educational standards that describe what students should know and be able to do in English language arts and math in ...

Florida is going to — yet again — get the latest flavor in how and what to teach public school children. Bye-bye, Common Core academic standards. Reviled by right-wing Republicans, that version of ...

On Sept. 11-12, the New York State Board of Regents will consider adopting the Next Generation Learning Standards for English language arts and mathematics. The standards are nearly identical with the ...

Florida's Republican governor plans to sign an executive order to rid Florida of the last vestiges of Common Core. Common Core is a national education initiative that set academic standards for ...