In less than three years, the Common Core State Standards have vaulted over three key hurdles, surprising more than a few naysayers. In June 2009, governors and education chiefs in 46 states pledged ...

The widespread enthusiasm for social and emotional learning (SEL) is easy to appreciate. After all, it seems painfully obvious that children learn better when they feel valued, supported, and safe.

Approximately 4,000 people have officially voiced their support for the Common Core in New York state, according to High Achievement New York. The pro-Common Core Learning Standards coalition released ...

ALBANY – Local education officials are lauding a new task force created by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to analyze the Common Core Learning Standards. The governor recently announced the formation of the Common ...

I am not sure if your Pennlive/Patriot News editorial deliberately picked the strangest-sounding arguments against Common Core to dismiss, or you simply do not know that many substantive ones exist. ( ...

Political expediency is terrible policy. This idiom is crystal clear when it comes to the criticisms of the Common Core. To hear the cynics tell it, repealing the Common Core learning standards is as ...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has assembled a panel of lawmakers, parents, educators and business leaders to look into the state's rollout of the Common Core Learning Standards. Cuomo announced plans for ...

An Iowa woman jokingly calls it “Satan’s handiwork.” A California mom says she’s broken down in tears. A Pennsylvania parent says it “makes my blood boil.” What could be so horrible? Grade-school math ...