Eighty-seven percent of K-12 students in the U.S. live in states that have adopted the Common Core State Standards. Though this widespread approval is no small feat in a country that has long resisted ...

But all have been subjected to the same "compulsory" logic, in a kind of obsession with management, comparison and evaluation, an obsession that now extends even beyond borders with PISA and other ...

Natalie Wexler is an education writer focusing on literacy. The Common Core lists skills students need to master at each grade level without specifying any particular knowledge they need to acquire.

Prepare students for the global knowledge economy, and meet and exceed the Common Core State Standards along the way. The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are designed to prepare students for the ...

We have aligned our content to match the Common Core Standards as the state requires. In our math program, we teach Algebra I and Algebra II the first year, using the Prentice-Hall High School Math ...

Forty-one states, including California, have adopted the Common Core State Standards in math and English language arts. The standards describe the knowledge and skills that students should master by ...