Forty-five states and the District of Columbia have adopted the Common Core State Standards, promising full implementation by the 2014-15 school year. While most of the discussion about the Common ...

A year after Rhode Island implemented Common Core across its public school systems, some parents and stakeholders in the debate have raised concerns about the initiative’s efficacy and interference ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — More than five years after U.S. governors began a bipartisan effort to set new standards in American schools, the Common Core initiative has morphed into a political tempest fueling ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – More than five years after U.S. governors began a bipartisan effort to set new standards in American schools, the Common Core initiative has morphed into a political tempest fueling ...

Common Core standards will allow Louisiana students to see how well they do compared with their peers across the nation. Former Alabama Gov. Bob Riley, a Republican, wrote an opinion piece for The ...

The initiative sets standards for math and English. The National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers launched the initiative for education standards by the National ...

The Louisiana Senate struck a blow for educational standards and improvement last week. It did so by summarily defeating a resolution requesting the state Department of Education and the state Board ...

Arne Duncan, the secretary of education, picked just the right words to make an increasingly hot controversy even hotter. Like many education officials in both parties, Duncan is a defender of the ...

The recent article on the Opinion page under “Other View” concerning Gov. Bill Haslam and education reform is grossly misinformed. The article states the standards under the Common Core initiative ...