As many educators and researchers will attest, there’s no exact science to choosing vocabulary words—no inherent reason the word “detest” is more important to teach than “despise,” or why “compassion” ...

Ten years ago, states across the country began to embrace a new set of tougher learning standards in public schools. This new model, called Common Core, was meant to transform how students are taught ...

On Monday, the New York State Board of Regents approved a replacement for the common-core learning standards after two years of development, and it seems to be mostly popular with educators and ...

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After 10 years, Common Core isn’t living up to its promise — even while teachers say it’s changed the classroom experience for the better. Ten years ago, states across the country began to embrace a ...

You remember Common Core. First it was going to save the educational universe (and help lift a couple of political careers). Then it was going to turn all our children into gay communists. Then, most ...

Members of the state Board of Regents voted in Albany to replace Common Core learning standards with a new set of standards: "Next Generation Learning Standards." State Education Commissioner ...

The people who came up with the idea of the Common Core saw reading comprehension as a content-neutral set of skills, leading to massive confusion. The Common Core may be the most misunderstood ...

For a while now, some anti-Big Government privacy activists have argued that the Common Core learning standards are actually just a front for data collection. But when it comes to student data, Big ...

“Let’s go over our math learning target for today,” said Christina Spontaneo, Love Elementary School teacher, to her fourth-grade class. “Say it with me – I can determine that a digit represents 10 ...

State Superintendent Paolo Demaria says Ohio's learning standards won;t be Common Core anymore if revisions pass the state school board next month, but will be Ohio's own. (Patrick O'Donnell/The Plain ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Common Core testing begins on Tuesday in New York City, but the big question a day earlier was whether many students would even take the test. As CBS2's Ali Bauman reported, ...