A third-grade homework assignment has reignited the debate over Common Core standards in schools across the country. A third-grade student answered the question, "What's 5x3," by writing "five plus ...

The Common Core State Standards is a new initiative that outlines literacy and mathematics expectations for K-12 schools across the country. iStock For all of their superficial similarities, the ...

Despite renewed bickering over Common Core, a panel of Louisiana’s top school board Tuesday approved state plans on how to review the current, controversial standards. The aim is to have revised ...

When we talk about Common Core — and we certainly talk about it a lot these days — sometimes I wonder whether we’re talking about education at all. Gov. Bobby Jindal’s gradual but ultimately total ...

Apropos of a Twitter rally around the hashtag #stopcommoncore today, Choice Media released a Common Core video debate between three experts on each side. View it in the video box at left. Common Core ...

I am very concerned that the Common Core math being taught in school is not preparing the students for the situations they will need upon graduation. My college major was a BS in Mathematics and ...

Superintendent Tony Bennett is likely to win re-election this fall. But as he campaigns these last few weeks, Bennett would be wise to preempt a coming erosion in his base and do his job as state ...