Washington, D.C. – The transition to the Common Core State Standards offers an important opportunity to replace America’s flawed and misaligned assessment system with better and fairer tests, ...

Washington, D.C. — Public schools that significantly expand their schedules will be in a much stronger position to successfully implement the Common Core State Standards, the most rigorous English and ...

Even the most brilliant piece of education reform would be irrelevant unless it is properly implemented. In fact, improper implementation can even have a detrimental effect. That is why it is crucial ...

In less than three years, the Common Core State Standards have vaulted over three key hurdles, surprising more than a few naysayers. In June 2009, governors and education chiefs in 46 states pledged ...

Mon, 10 Feb 2014 19:04:55 GMT — After facing censure and protests from some teachers and parents, the State Board of Regents has decided to push back the full implementation of the Common Core ...

The Michigan House passed a budget bill prohibiting the state department of education from using state money to implement the Common Core national education standards and associated tests. The Senate ...

I’m glad US News and World Report is covering issues related to Common Core implementation rather than pushing the endless back and forth between supporters and opponents that most mainstream news ...

Opposition to the Common Core academic standards and assessments associated with them have strengthened on Long Island and nationwide, with officials in states such as Indiana proposing to slow ...

I have an article out today over at Education Next looking through the Common Core implementation glass darkly. As I say in the piece, for a variety of reasons (some of which were enumerated by Bill ...

EdSource · When teens counsel teens: Why peer support programs are growing Anne Udall, executive vice president of program strategy for the national nonprofit New Teacher Center in Santa Cruz, which ...