It’s been a rough year for the Common Core standards. As parents, teachers, officials, and politicians learn more about the standards, more and more states are considering ways to get out of Common ...

One of the three lead writers of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), a national initiative with roots in No Child Left Behind and other federal government education programs, recently told a ...

Stephanie Furlong's oldest son, a 10th-grader at Santa Monica High School, took an accelerated math track in middle school. Her next child, an eighth-grader at John Adams Middle School, has taken the ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Regarding "Common Core stirs fear and distrust" (May 12): Why shouldn’t parents and taxpayers be wary of President Obama further ...

Lair, chairman of Missouri’s House Appropriations Committee on Education, inserted an $8 budget line item to mock Common Core critics as tinfoil hat-wearing conspiracy theorists. Lair’s item reads: ...

WASHINGTON -- Home-schooling mom Jenni White gave some of the loudest cheers when Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signed legislation to repeal the Common Core education standards. White, president of ...

BATAVIA — An event in Albany later this month is not about picket lines and protests, Loy Gross says. Common Sense Education Day is to allow folks a meaningful voice to eliminate the Common Core ...

If player does not show correctly, click here to listen. In Annapolis yesterday, about two dozen parents staged a demonstration calling the state to delay or back out implementing the Common Core ...

One of the largest anti-Common Core groups in the state is throwing its weight behind Gov. Rick Scott as the governor makes his final push for a second term in office. Florida Parents Against Common ...