This article is the second of three in a series on Common Core public outreach. A coalition of private foundations has spent approximately $2.5 million to promote Common Core, primarily by teaching ...
This article is the third in a three-part series on Common Core public outreach. It’s not just the federal government and private foundations spending millions to promote Common Core as state and ...
The Center for American Progress is an independent nonpartisan policy institute that is dedicated to improving the lives of all Americans through bold, progressive ideas, as well as strong leadership ...
The Common Core State Standards may be implemented nationwide, but support for the standards has dropped to an all-time low. A new report conducted by Education Next (EdNext), a journal from the ...
E.D. Hirsch was an educational conservative before educational conservatives were cool. Now a retired professor of education and humanities at the University of Virginia, Hirsch has been arguing for a ...
U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, shown here at the Rotary Club of Baton Rouge, praises pro-Common Core politicians and policymakers in a letter sent Monday, Sept. 30, 2013. U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu supports ...
The Common Core State Standards initiative presents challenges to teacher evaluation systems across the country, many of which are in the early stages of development and implementation. The merging of ...
State Superintendent John White says a new report out on the state's tuition assistance program, commonly called TOPS, supports his position that Louisiana should implement Common Core education ...
UC President Janet Napolitano and three other leaders in California public and private higher education signed a letter Aug. 29 expressing support for the Common Core State Standards. After state ...
The issue between Common Core and state education is a serious debate in Louisiana. Parents argue that Common Core is too difficult, and the federal government wants to improve standardized testing.
I was appalled to discover Gov. Mary Fallin and the private National Governor’s Association of which she is chairman, are supporting Common Core Education. These untested national standards, were ...