Is Common Core Becoming Less Common? Back in 2010, 45 states agreed to adopt a single set of requirements for what K-12 children should know in each grade in math and English. Approximately 80 percent ...

The Common Core education standards have generated a lot of debate, and controversy. But that political noise can sometimes cloud the goal of the standards: to better prepare students for careers, and ...

North Carolina legislators have introduced a proposal that would require their state to examine national Common Core education standards. Over the last few years, North Carolina and 44 other states ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first of two stories explaining Common Core standards and the controversy surrounding them. The second part will be in Monday's edition. Local school districts are working ...

PITTSBURGH — With a growing number of Catholic-school educators and parents raising concerns about the Common Core education curriculum, Pittsburgh Bishop David Zubik penned a March 18 letter that ...

The Common Core State Standards have vaulted into the national consciousness lately thanks to some high-profile dissenters, like Louis C.K. ("Kids teachers parents are vocally suffering.") and Stephen ...

Even if you believe that the Common Core standards are high-quality, internationally benchmarked and would provide a solid foundation for the American education system, you should be worried about how ...

PHOENIX — Unable to kill outright the Common Core program, state senators now are moving to let schools opt out of the national education standards. On a voice vote Wednesday, the Senate approved SB ...

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 12: U.S. President Donald Trump departs an event titled “Kids First: Getting America’s Children Safely Back to School” August 12, 2020 in the State Dining Room at the White ...

The political fight over Common Core is being waged, but is it too little, too late? Some say the standards have already taken over American education, while others say they are losing steam before ...