Cursive started falling out of favor in U.S. schools after 2010 when most states adopted Common Core academic standards.

Among the most serious problems contributing to K-12 science education’s decline, they noted, were a general degradation of ...

Ohio, like much of the country, has a math problem that teachers, college and district leaders, parents and others are ...

Now it makes them cry. Thanks standardized testing and common core!" But teachers in states where the math and reading standards have been in place longest say that, in spite of the criticisms ...

The Common Core State Standards was one of the biggest initiatives in decades aimed at changing public education — and like many school “reforms” in the era of high-stakes standardized ...

This bill would terminate the use of the curriculum standards commonly known as the Common Core State Standards, the Alabama College- and Career-Ready Standards, and any variant of the Common Core ...

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 ...

In a move that surprised the education community and parents alike, Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, R-Anniston, this month fast-tracked a bill aimed at eliminating the Common Core standards in ...

The Alabama Senate Education Committee this morning approved a bill to repeal the use of Common Core standards in Alabama schools, setting it up for a possible vote in the Senate on Thursday.

Common Core, a national set of educational standards adopted in 2010, established reading and math benchmarks that children must reach from kindergarten through 12th grade. Proponents — which ...

Higher academic standards like those in the Common Core were supposed to improve student performance, but new data shows that hasn’t happened. Teachers need more specific guidance than standards ...

“Common Core standards in South Dakota are officially gone,” said state Secretary of Education Don Kirkegaard. But remnants of the controversial standards remain. More than remnants, reall ...