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Much of the discussion surrounding the Common Core tests in New York state has focused on the tests in grades 3-8. But over the past three years, the state has been offering Common Core exams in three ...

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D'Lee Pollock-Moore is an English teacher and department chair at Warren County High School in Warrenton, Georgia. She blogs at Musings from Master P, where this critique of the Common Core English ...

The Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a right-tilted think tank and longtime staunch supporter of the Common Core, just released a survey of ELA teachers and some attendant conclusions about how the Common ...

When I was growing up, my family spoke mostly Spanish, but everyone at my school spoke English. Since my mother prioritized academic success over cultural acclimation for me, I found myself slowly ...

Washington, D.C. — As students and teachers head back to the classroom this month, a new report from the Center for American Progress outlines how the Common Core State Standards for English Language ...

The ongoing hysteria over Common Core can make the new educational standards seem terrifying: Children will never read novels again! Creative writing is dead! The math makes no sense! But what do the ...

In high schools across Denver, chemistry teachers are working from a new set of lessons. The topic: “Should the United States say yes or no to nuclear power?” On their way to answering that question, ...