As many educators and researchers will attest, there’s no exact science to choosing vocabulary words—no inherent reason the word “detest” is more important to teach than “despise,” or why “compassion” ...

Heather Clydesdale on how world language teachers can align their curriculum with the Common Core State Standards. This article covers a breakout session on that very topic from the 2015 National ...

In Utah, the state department of education is pulling together textbooks aligned to Common Core State Standards made up entirely of open educational resources, or OERs. South Dakota officials have ...

For a while now, some anti-Big Government privacy activists have argued that the Common Core learning standards are actually just a front for data collection. But when it comes to student data, Big ...

Approximately 4,000 people have officially voiced their support for the Common Core in New York state, according to High Achievement New York. The pro-Common Core Learning Standards coalition released ...

I am not sure if your Pennlive/Patriot News editorial deliberately picked the strangest-sounding arguments against Common Core to dismiss, or you simply do not know that many substantive ones exist. ( ...

The Common Core Learning Standards will have a second chance to win over the people of New York. For the sake of current and future students statewide, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Education ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The University at Buffalo’s Graduate School of Education will take a leading role helping teachers prepare for Common Core Learning Standards, adding to the coalition of educators in ...

Critics of the Common Core Learning Standards are hard to miss. They are vocal, organized and successful at bringing together local opposition to standardized tests based on the Common Core standards ...

This spring the state of Illinois will pilot the new state assessments known as PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers). These assessments are based on the Common Core ...