When the 9/11 Commission reviewed factors that made our country vulnerable to the 2001 terrorist attacks, it found that “the most important failure was one of imagination.” Imagination, defined by one ...

Eight years later, have the Common Core State Standards led to a revolution in how reading and writing are taught? Not exactly. Teachers have shifted practices dramatically on vocabulary and assigning ...

Many people are shocked and amazed, while others are breathing a sigh of relief.There are about as many emotions as there are questions over eliminating Common Core Standards from Florida Schools.WESH ...

: [POST-BROADCAST CORRECTION: This story incorrectly states that the U.S. government removed cursive from “Common Core” standards. In fact, the common core standards are set by a group of governors ...

We are in a time of hope and excitement in American education. Arizona, like most other states in the nation, has adopted the Common Core Standards as a guide-post for new curriculum in all classrooms ...

Florida is going to — yet again — get the latest flavor in how and what to teach public school children. Bye-bye, Common Core academic standards. Reviled by right-wing Republicans, that version of ...

Common Core Standards—adopted by 45 states—is supposed to bring back writing in schools. Ironically, a writing revolution in schools happened 37 years ago when an eloquent professor named Donald ...

You remember Common Core. First it was going to save the educational universe (and help lift a couple of political careers). Then it was going to turn all our children into gay communists. Then, most ...

State-mandated tests must by state law be based on a state’s official standards. That is why the tests currently given in the Bay State (aka MCAS 2.0) are aligned to Common Core. MCAS 2.0 tests are ...

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