Education Week

Dangerous Blind Spots in the Common-Core Standards

The final version of the common-core standards for math and English/language arts, released in June by the Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Governors Association, contain two ...
Education Week

What Common-Core Standards Did Louisiana Actually Change?

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 ...
Wall Street Journal

‘Common Core’ Review: Standards Put to the Test

If you spend enough time on Facebook, you’ll see a lot of elementary-school math problems. Frustrated parents post pictures of their kids’ homework and rail about how confusing it is. Dozens of other ...
Newsweek

How the GOP Turned on Common Core

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Chris Christie was for it before he was against it. So, for that matter ...
Forbes

Common Core Architects Still Don’t Get It.

Just give all the chalk to me, and don't let anyone else touch the board. While the Comon Core is a shredded shadow of its ambitious former self, the standards movement that birthed it is still out ...
Wall Street Journal

Financial Woes Plague Common-Core Rollout

EDMOND, Okla.—Educators in this Oklahoma City suburb jumped into action when state leaders in 2010 adopted the Common Core academic standards that were sweeping states across the country. The Edmond ...
Forbes

Why Common Core Standards Alone Won't Boost Test Scores

Higher academic standards like those in the Common Core were supposed to improve student performance, but new data shows that hasn’t happened. Teachers need more specific guidance than standards ...
Staten Island Advance

Common Core is being replaced: 7 things you need to know

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 ...
NPR

Common Core Reading: 'The New Colossus'

Part 1 in a four-part series on reading in the Common Core era. The Common Core State Standards are changing what many kids read in school. They're standards, sure — not curriculum. Teachers and ...
NPR

Common Core Repeal, The Day After

What do the Common Core State Standards have in common with congressional Democrats and the Chicago Cubs? They all had a really rough year. Of the 45 states that first adopted the academic standards, ...
EdSource

Common Core Standards: What educators are saying

EdSource · What a California State University’s new polytechnic status means for its future What a California State University’s new polytechnic status means for its future June 11, 2026 - As a ...