The Common Core State Standards is a new initiative that outlines literacy and mathematics expectations for K-12 schools across the country. iStock For all of their superficial similarities, the ...

The Common Core debate rolls merrily along. It’s made the occasional appearance in the contest for the GOP nomination — popping up occasionally between new Trumpisms and debate postmortems — and as ...

This article is the third in a three-part series on Common Core public outreach. It’s not just the federal government and private foundations spending millions to promote Common Core as state and ...

CONCORD -- Commissioner of Education Virginia Barry came ready for a fight at a legislative hearing Thursday, calling opponents of Common Core "misinformed." CONCORD -- Commissioner of Education ...

On the right, the Common Core has been a source of bitter division for nearly two years. Former Florida governor Jeb Bush and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have championed the adoption of these K–12 ...

Last week, Arne Duncan, the secretary of education, picked just the right words to make an increasingly hot controversy even hotter. Last week, Arne Duncan, the secretary of education, picked just the ...

Apropos of a Twitter rally around the hashtag #stopcommoncore today, Choice Media released a Common Core video debate between three experts on each side. View it in the video box at left. Common Core ...

At the end of January I stood with my House Republican colleagues and called for public hearings on the Common Core Standards in the state legislature. This will finally allow parents, teachers, ...

Delaware Gov. Jack Markell's defense of the Common Core national curriculum standards ["A Core correction," op-ed, June 10] reflected the worst of the Common Core debate. Citing a Post article, Mr.

From one country to the next, from one authority to the next, government education policies are inspired by much the same concepts and models, with a few variations. For example, they define "core ...