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Historic Drop in National Reading, Math Scores Since Adoption of Common Core: Study

Reading and math scores among American students have seen "historic declines" since the adoption of the Common Core Curriculum Standards a decade ago, according to a report published Monday by ...

April 27, 2020BY GQ Pan

Florida Governor Introduces Replacement for Common Core School Standards

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Jan. 24 the creation of academic standards that will replace the previous ...

January 26, 2020BY Petr Svab

Common Core, Still in Place, Nationalized Educational Quackery

Commentary This article is part 11 in a series examining the origins of public education in the United States. Perhaps nothing ...

December 24, 2019BY Alex Newman

SPARK Wants to End School Indoctrination and Common Core

Brody Petska, Mason Petska, and Dylan O'Neal were only in third grade in Camdenton, Missouri, when they first ...

November 13, 2019BY Catherine Yang

On Trump Education Policy, Revisionist History & Progressivism in Education: Williamson Evers

In what ways has education in America dramatically transformed over the past century? How exactly is the Trump ...

July 6, 2019BY Jan Jekielek

Florida Governor Plans Rollback of Common Core

A sweeping executive order recently issued by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis aims to remove the “vestiges” of the ...

February 12, 2019BY Matthew Vadum

Common Core and the Presidential Candidates

The four front-runner presidential candidates hold some strong opinions on Common Core, the controversial education standards.

March 24, 2016BY Charlotte Cuthbertson

Years Into Common Core, Teachers Lament Lack of Materials

The learning standards were new. The textbooks were not.

June 23, 2015BY seth and The Associated Press

California Tempers Backlash While Embracing Common Core

While the Common Core education standards provoked political backlash and testing boycotts around the country this year, the ...

June 22, 2015BY The Associated Press

Students Are Opting out of Testing. How Did We Get Here?

“Opt Out,” a civil disobedience movement against state-mandated testing in elementary and secondary education, is growing rapidly across ...

May 26, 2015BY Mindy L Kornhaber

NY Common Core Panel Silent on Teacher Evaluations

NEW YORK—The panel created by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to review the roll-out of Common Core testing standards in ...

March 11, 2014BY Petr Svab

State Education Panel Says inBloom Controversy a Distraction

NEW YORK—Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Common Core panel has recommended the state stop working with inBloom Inc., a nonprofit ...

March 11, 2014BY Petr Svab

US Lags Behind China on Student Math Skills, PISA Results

The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) released its 2012 results on Dec. 3 showing Shanghai—the only listed ...

December 4, 2013BY Petr Svab

Costs of Common Core in US Schools

In Easton, Kan., a small district of about 700 students has a pending math textbook order of $75,000 ...

May 28, 2013BY Tara MacIsaac

Pros and Cons of Common Core Education Standards

Common Core standards are set to determine reading, writing, and math curriculum and testing in the majority of ...

May 28, 2013BY Tara MacIsaac

Field Tests Amplify Opposition to High-Stakes Student Testing

New York City students already face rigorous testing, and now, come the first week of June, schools will ...

May 21, 2013BY Genevieve Belmaker

Teacher’s Union Seeks Moratorium on Common Core Consequences

The pressure may be lifted on the Common Core testing standards for New York students, if Randi Weingarden, ...

April 30, 2013BY Kristen Meriwether