Common Core State Standards, a grade-by-grade set of requirements for what elementary and secondary school children should know in each grade in math and English language arts (ELA), have been said to ...

BISMARCK -- Common Core math and English language-arts state standards have been drawing some questions, concerns and criticism. I appreciate the chance to clear up some confusion. North Dakota always ...

Washington, D.C. — As students and teachers head back to the classroom this month, a new report from the Center for American Progress outlines how the Common Core State Standards for English Language ...

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April 16, 2026 - EdSource Editor-at-Large John Fensterwald explains how this election could reshape California schools. Although the State Board of Education adopted new Common Core standards in math ...

This post was originally posted on the Curriculum Matters blog. Earlier this week, Louisiana legislators approved a new set of academic standards to replace the Common Core State Standards, reports my ...

Brittany Corona is a state programs and government relations director at the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice. She previously worked at The Heritage Foundation. What does Common Core math ...

On Sept. 11-12, the New York State Board of Regents will consider adopting the Next Generation Learning Standards for English language arts and mathematics. The standards are nearly identical with the ...

EdSource · School screen time is rising. California parents are asking where to draw the line Across the country, teachers are adapting their instructional practices to the new Common Core standards ...

In 2010, K-12 public schools in Massachusetts implemented Common Core, a set of standards dictating what students should know at the end of each grade level, in exchange for Obama administration ...

Here's an important thing to understand about the Common Core Standards--nobody is in charge of them. Many standards have official gatekeepers. For instance, the National Institute of Standards and ...