Tom Loveless has long been a clear-eyed incisive critic of the Common Core State Standards. A year ago, he wrote In short, the evidence suggests student achievement is, at best, about where it would ...

The adoption of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) has led to a “historic” drop in student achievement scores on the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) test, also known as the ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The state Department of Education announced Friday that Common Core has been officially removed from Florida classrooms. B.E.S.T. standards will replace Common Core, officials say ...

The Common Core State Standards are dead. Done. Finished. Authorities have told us so. Betsy DeVos delivered a brief eulogy at the American Enterprise Institute earlier this month. “And at the U.S.

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the creation of new academic standards on Friday, a year after he directed the state to root out all “vestiges of Common Core” and change the way Florida’s students learn. ...

Many people are shocked and amazed, while others are breathing a sigh of relief.There are about as many emotions as there are questions over eliminating Common Core Standards from Florida Schools.WESH ...

Florida's Republican governor plans to sign an executive order to rid Florida of the last vestiges of Common Core. Common Core is a national education initiative that set academic standards for ...

Jude Schwalbach is a research associate and project coordinator in education policy at The Heritage Foundation. After less than 10 years in the classroom, Common Core could soon be on its way out. The ...

The two words don’t appear anywhere in the more than 150 pages of the state’s new math and reading goals. “Common Core standards in South Dakota are officially gone,” said state Secretary of Education ...

Although the State Board of Education adopted new Common Core standards in math and English language arts nearly seven years ago, some school districts are still in the process of implementing them.

The Kentucky Senate on Friday unanimously approved a wide-ranging public education bill that would establish a new process for intervening in low-performing schools and establish a new process for ...

Michigan would reject the Common Core State Standards, adopt Massachusetts' standards from the 2008-09 school year and give parents the right to opt their kids out of any testing if they see fit under ...