A consortium of consultants and science educators has released its final draft of what it plans will become national education standards for K-12 science. They are titled Next Generation Science ...

The Common Core State Standards Initiative is a coordinated effort to prepare every child in the U.S. public school system for college or the workforce by ensuring that they reach certain ...

About two-thirds, or 68%, say implementation is "going well" in their schools, up from 62% last year. But 81% of teachers say Common Core is "challenging" to implement, up from 73% last year.

One reason that formal action on the science standards is happening more slowly than with the common core is the lack of federal incentives, said Stephen L. Pruitt, a senior vice president at ...

A draft of the multistate, “Common Core” standards earned a B grade in both language arts and math from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a higher mark than those given to some prominent ...

The Common Core has only been around since 2010, and it could just take more time to see results. While that’s true, there’s plenty of other evidence that high standards alone won’t lead to ...

Federal control. Common Core education standards are, indeed, federal control of education that will undermine state, local and parental control of our children’s education.

What does Common Core math look like? Caleb Bonham, Campus Reform’s Editor-in-chief, just released a video that illustrates the dramatic shift in mathematics education students will experience ...

Learning from the pushback created when the government nudged states on Common Core academic standards, supporters of new science guidelines tried a different focus: “For States, By States.” ...

Educators who teach English language arts and math aren't the only ones preparing for the Common Core. New standards affect social studies, science and other non-tested subjects as well.

The Common Core State Standards was one of the biggest initiatives in decades aimed at changing public education — and like many school “reforms” in the era of high-stakes standardized ...

A consortium of consultants and science educators has released a draft of what they plan will become national education standards for K-12 science. Forty-five states have already adopted math and ...