The success of the Common Core standards depends on how effectively they engage students. Yet the issue of how students are responding to the standards has generally received far less attention – from ...

President Barack Obama signed sweeping education reform into law in December that gives states more freedom to develop their own K-12 education standards. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz, highlighted this ...

Includes updates and/or revisions. For many foes of the Common Core State Standards, this was supposed to be the year their advocacy and passion would translate into victories. Emboldened by last year ...

At Education Week these days, it’s hard to turn in a story—really any story—without the words “common core.” With 43 states and the District of Columbia now implementing the standards, as well as ...

During the five years since California adopted the Common Core State Standards for mathematics and English language arts, the search for high-quality textbooks and curriculum materials has been a ...

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

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP)-- New York state education officials on Wednesday said the state's third- through eighth-graders – as well as those specifically of New York City – did slightly better on ...

A correction to an earlier version of this article has been appended to the end of the article. When Veera Sinha was a little girl in India, her father asked his kids to solve math puzzles in their ...

The College Board, the company that owns and publishes the SAT, is changing the exam next year. Test-takers may be surprised to learn the new test will line up more closely with the Common Core, ...

The Common Core State Standards are dead. Done. Finished. Authorities have told us so. Betsy DeVos delivered a brief eulogy at the American Enterprise Institute earlier this month. “And at the U.S.

Students at the Mason Classical Academy in Naples, Florida, did rank highly among schools in the local district for English Language Arts and Mathematics in 2017, and their scores improved from the ...

It was one of the most ambitious education efforts in United States history. Did it fail? Or does it just need more time to succeed? By Dana Goldstein The plan was hatched with high hopes and ...