This article is the second of three in a series on Common Core public outreach. A coalition of private foundations has spent approximately $2.5 million to promote Common Core, primarily by teaching ...

If we redesign schools so that they have significantly more time for student learning and teacher development and collaboration, they will be better able to meet the challenges of Common Core ...

The head of the country's second-largest teachers union and a business leader who tried to weaken unions as a onetime governor of Michigan have made a joint plea to the nation's governors to stand by ...

The Common Core State Standards may be implemented nationwide, but support for the standards has dropped to an all-time low. A new report conducted by Education Next (EdNext), a journal from the ...

The Common Core State Standards initiative presents challenges to teacher evaluation systems across the country, many of which are in the early stages of development and implementation. The merging of ...

Since supporting Common Core’s adoption in the state, Jindal has been involved in three court cases to block aspects of the standards and challenge their legality. Following Jindal’s example, ...

E.D. Hirsch was an educational conservative before educational conservatives were cool. Now a retired professor of education and humanities at the University of Virginia, Hirsch has been arguing for a ...

UC President Janet Napolitano and three other leaders in California public and private higher education signed a letter Aug. 29 expressing support for the Common Core State Standards. After state ...

State Superintendent John White says a new report out on the state's tuition assistance program, commonly called TOPS, supports his position that Louisiana should implement Common Core education ...

U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, shown here at the Rotary Club of Baton Rouge, praises pro-Common Core politicians and policymakers in a letter sent Monday, Sept. 30, 2013. U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu supports ...

The issue between Common Core and state education is a serious debate in Louisiana. Parents argue that Common Core is too difficult, and the federal government wants to improve standardized testing.