Cursive writing is still taught in some schools within the U.S., although, it's not nationally mandated or emphasized. In ...

Common Core’s Substandard Writing Standards. I’ve donned my boots and leggings, and done what I had no desire to do. I am examining, with tedious scrutiny, the so-called Common Core Curriculum for ...

In July, the state of New York announced the results of its first tests based on the Common Core: The region hasn’t been this battered since Superstorm Sandy. Just 26 percent of students in ...

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are a set of academic expectations for students in English language arts and mathematics that aim to prepare them for college and career readiness. Writing ...

What students lost since cursive writing was cut from the Common Core standards NPR's Michel Martin speaks with historian Drew Gilpin Faust about her story in The Atlantic, "Gen Z Never Learned to ...

When Gov. Ron DeSantis announced he was eliminating Common Core from Florida schools, many parents across the state cheered. Common Core is a set of standards for reading, writing and math in ...

A recent report by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute on the Common Core reading standards has challenged whether teachers are implementing the standards rigorously. As a high school English teacher in ...

Writing is complicated, but the Core writing standards are not. Reading literature and non-fiction is complicated, but the Core simplifies the matter by being unconcerned about content.

Disdain for "Common Core" math instruction and the requirement that students explain their answers crosses all manner of partisan boundaries. Unfortunately, it's dead wrong: explaining answers is ...

Arizona revises Common Core-based learning standards, adds cursive-writing requirement Schools Superintendent Diane Douglas approves of the changes, which include learning about money, new ...