This is a cross post from the Politics K-12 blog, which covers federal education policy. As states continue to address the Common Core State Standards in various ways, more and more people have been ...

As states continue to address the Common Core State Standards in various ways, more and more people have been wondering about the status of the common core nationally. It’s a complicated issue, in ...

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 ...

What’s the fuss about? Steve Rhodes, CC BY-NC-ND Beginning in 2010, mathematics and English language arts standards, called the Common Core State Standards, were adopted in 45 of 50 U.S. states. The ...

NEW YORK – Every Saturday morning at 10 a.m., Jason Zimba begins a math tutoring session for his two young daughters with the same ritual. His youngest, Claire, 4, draws on a worksheet while his ...