The 53 teachers gathered around tables here have been called to a new kind of jury duty. But they won’t be deciding whether a fellow citizen is guilty of a crime: Their charge is to pass judgment on ...

Open resources can help design attractive, engaging lessons with a Common Core twist In 2010, my state, Mississippi, joined the growing list of states adopting the Common Core State Standards for ...

Some of the biggest critics of new lesson plans aligned with the national Common Core standards are the people charged with teaching them. A growing number of teachers say the national standards, ...

As student Jacquelyn Brooks shears a sheep on her charter campus’s farm, she’s getting a hands-on lesson in agriculture that is part of the high school’s focus on careers in agribusiness. “We have ...

We ask a lot of our teachers and, as a nation, we’re about to ask a lot more. With the adoption of the Common Core State Standards in English/language arts and math in almost every state, we are ...

It’s been five years since controversy peaked over the Common Core State Standards and their use in Catholic schools. What have we learned? By 2013 the Common Core was being adopted rapidly by ...

Ah, gym class. For many kids, it injects a 45-minute burst of enjoyable exertion and playful activity into an otherwise dreary school day. But not so fast! All classes must become standardized under ...

For publishers, librarians, and educators, the Common Core and its impact on trade books was a key topic of conversation at this year’s Book Expo America. One panel in particular sought to debunk ...