If you spend enough time on Facebook, you’ll see a lot of elementary-school math problems. Frustrated parents post pictures of their kids’ homework and rail about how confusing it is. Dozens of other ...

NEW YORK – Every Saturday morning at 10 a.m., Jason Zimba begins a math tutoring session for his two young daughters with the same ritual. His youngest, Claire, 4, draws on a worksheet while his ...

Gov. Bill Haslam appears to have quietly signed a bill to review and replace the controversial Common Core State Standards in Tennessee. The bill, which passed through the Tennessee General Assembly ...

Higher academic standards like those in the Common Core were supposed to improve student performance, but new data shows that hasn’t happened. Teachers need more specific guidance than standards ...

EDMOND, Okla.—Educators in this Oklahoma City suburb jumped into action when state leaders in 2010 adopted the Common Core academic standards that were sweeping states across the country. The Edmond ...

Across the country, teachers are adapting their instructional practices to the new Common Core standards in math and English language arts. A recent report, called Listening and Learning from Teachers ...

New York leaders have approved a new set of reading and math expectations for students, moving the state a step away from the Common Core State Standards, which are still in use in some 36 states. The ...

In education circles, some observers are predicting the beginning of the end of the new Common Core standards. The Washington Post, for instance, has forecast a "coming Common Core meltdown." Others ...

TRENTON-- Nearly a year after Gov. Chris Christie declared that Common Core academic standards were "simply not working" in New Jersey, the state has adopted a revised and renamed version with few ...

Note to 2016 GOP contenders: The Common Core has won the war. Republican presidential candidates are still bashing the divisive K-12 standards. Donald Trump recently called the Common Core a “complete ...