One of the three lead writers of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), a national initiative with roots in No Child Left Behind and other federal government education programs, recently told a ...

It’s been a rough year for the Common Core standards. As parents, teachers, officials, and politicians learn more about the standards, more and more states are considering ways to get out of Common ...

One of the largest anti-Common Core groups in the state is throwing its weight behind Gov. Rick Scott as the governor makes his final push for a second term in office. Florida Parents Against Common ...

If player does not show correctly, click here to listen. In Annapolis yesterday, about two dozen parents staged a demonstration calling the state to delay or back out implementing the Common Core ...

Lair, chairman of Missouri’s House Appropriations Committee on Education, inserted an $8 budget line item to mock Common Core critics as tinfoil hat-wearing conspiracy theorists. Lair’s item reads: ...

A year after Rhode Island implemented Common Core across its public school systems, some parents and stakeholders in the debate have raised concerns about the initiative’s efficacy and interference ...

A group of parents in the Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Central School District is banding together to advocate against the Common Core learning standards. Tricia Kaiser Farmer, whose children are ...

As in many states, Louisiana’s Common Core review is the result of years of pressure from parents and politicians. Last year, lawmakers — in an effort to neutralize the issue in the months leading up ...

Stephanie Furlong's oldest son, a 10th-grader at Santa Monica High School, took an accelerated math track in middle school. Her next child, an eighth-grader at John Adams Middle School, has taken the ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Regarding "Common Core stirs fear and distrust" (May 12): Why shouldn’t parents and taxpayers be wary of President Obama further ...