Common Core

Now, as more than 40 states move to adopt a set of national learning standards known as the Common Core, the company is seeking to own that new market.

NYT > Home Page By MICHAEL WINERIP 2011

First, the Common Core is a thoughtful framework that expresses with elegance and clarity what students should know and be able to do.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Tom Vander Ark 2010

The wild card in education today is emerging Common Core standards, which inevitably will lead to pressures for national testing.

John Merrow: The Pendulum Swings, and Choices Await John Merrow 2011

In a memo sent to school leaders, the Department stated that, in accordance with the Common Core standards, students will be "expected to become proficient in keyboarding skills," rather than handwriting.

Rae Pica: Should We Teach Handwriting in the Digital Age? Rae Pica 2011

Gene Wilhoit, executive director of the Council of Chief State School Officers, pointed out that more than 40 states recently adopted the Common Core, a rigorous set of standards pushed by the nation's governors and school chiefs.

States Fail to Raise Bar in Reading, Math Tests Stephanie Banchero 2011

This is the best possible place for Common Core and those states that earnestly want to employ it -- with no federal government entanglement at all.

Michael J. Petrilli: Republicans for Education Reform Michael J. Petrilli 2011

More than 40 states have adopted new, demanding national Common Core academic standards.

Richard Lee Colvin: Atlanta's Lessons on Standards and Cheating Richard Lee Colvin 2011

In a memo sent to school leaders, the Department stated that, in accordance with the Common Core standards, students will be "expected to become proficient in keyboarding skills," rather than handwriting.

Rae Pica: Should We Teach Handwriting in the Digital Age? Rae Pica 2011

More than 40 states have adopted new, demanding national Common Core academic standards.

Richard Lee Colvin: Atlanta's Lessons on Standards and Cheating Richard Lee Colvin 2011

This is the best possible place for Common Core and those states that earnestly want to employ it -- with no federal government entanglement at all.

Michael J. Petrilli: Republicans for Education Reform Michael J. Petrilli 2011