Right now, America's schools are in a sprint. Forty-four states and the District of Columbia have adopted the Common Core State Standards. That means new learning benchmarks for the vast majority of ...
EAST MEADOW, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) - There's growing criticism about what's being taught in New York State public schools under the controversial new Common Core curriculum. As CBS 2's Carolyn Gusoff ...
CINCINNATI — When Jim Rigg, superintendent of schools for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, began implementing the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in Cincinnati Catholic schools in 2011, he never ...
Illustrative Mathematics was established in 2011 at the University of Arizona as a means to assist schools in adopting the ...
September 18, 2025 - Meet Allison Saiki, who teaches students how to manage money, pay rent and open retirement accounts, with a class currency she calls "Saiki Cents." During the five years since ...
New guidelines on crafting curriculum materials for the common standards in English/language arts are reigniting debate about how to ensure a marketplace of good instructional materials for the new ...
Research tells us that the selection of instructional materials can have as great an effect on student test scores as teacher quality. And the new Common Core State Standards will be successful only ...
The state's controversial Common Core curriculum is a hot topic and was the subject of discussion at a St. Tammany Parish School Board meeting.Tensions flared in Covington as hundreds attended the ...
Common Core is the first major reform initiative to deal with the front end of education -- the substance of what actually is being taught in the classroom, instead of focusing solely on student ...
Most publishers are scrambling to produce materials aligned to the common core, since those math and English/language arts guidelines are in effect in 43 states and the District of Columbia. But some, ...
Frequently, these days, I'm reminded of Edward Lear's whimsical illustration, "Manypeeplia Upsidedownia ." The drawing depicts an imagined botanical species, with a half dozen characters suspended ...