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Common Core

The Common Core lays out what students should know in English and math and was intended to transform American education. But as the standards have rolled out in more than 40 states, they’ve sparked controversy. Our coverage goes beyond politics to show how the standards are affecting kids and impacting learning.

Posted inElementary to High School

How little is too little money for schools?

by Jonathan Sapers June 6, 2016March 30, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School

A state embraces the idea that not everyone needs to go to college

Avatar photo by Emmanuel Felton June 6, 2016March 30, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School

In Texas, new math standards look a whole lot like Common Core

Avatar photo by Sarah Garland May 26, 2016August 12, 2021
Posted inElementary to High School

Closing gap for immigrant students under Common Core in Kentucky is a moving target

by Allison Ross May 22, 2016March 30, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School

More than five years after adopting Common Core, Kentucky’s black-white achievement gap is widening

Avatar photo by Luba Ostashevsky May 22, 2016March 30, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School

Kentucky thoroughly sold its educators on Common Core. How?

Avatar photo by Luba Ostashevsky May 22, 2016March 30, 2020
Posted inCommon Core, Elementary to High School, News

“It’s unfair” special education students lag behind under Common Core in Kentucky

by Kirsten Clark May 22, 2016March 30, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School

High failure rates spur universities to overhaul math class

by Karen Shakerdge May 6, 2016April 8, 2021
Posted inOpinion

Proficiency and NAEP scores: Let’s stop talking about trivial distinctions and focus on ending inequality instead

Avatar photo by James Harvey April 28, 2016March 30, 2020
Posted inCommon Core, Elementary to High School, Immigration, News

Will Common Core undermine an elite college-prep program’s goal of diversity?

by Brenda Iasevoli March 14, 2016March 30, 2020

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