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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 inProof Points

PROOF POINTS: Inside the latest reading study that’s getting a lot of buzz

Avatar photo by Jill Barshay April 24, 2023April 29, 2023

In early April 2023, I started getting emails and messages urging me to take a look at a fresh reading study in Colorado. The study, a working paper that has not yet been peer-reviewed, came to two dramatic conclusions. The first was that elementary school students who attended “Core Knowledge” schools – which teach young children […]

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Posted inNews

Five years after Common Core, a mysterious spike in failure rate among NY high school students

Avatar photo by Jill Barshay January 14, 2019November 20, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School

New York’s upstate cities have some of the worst schools in the country

Avatar photo by Emmanuel Felton August 3, 2016March 30, 2020
Posted inNews

Can Common Core reading tests ever be fair?

Avatar photo by Sarah Gonser August 2, 2016March 30, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School

Where special education students are succeeding under Common Core

Avatar photo by Ibby Caputo July 7, 2016March 30, 2020
Posted inEducation by the Numbers

Is it better to teach pure math instead of applied math?

Avatar photo by Jill Barshay June 27, 2016March 30, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School

Elementary school teachers struggle with Common Core math standards

Avatar photo by Luba Ostashevsky June 15, 2016March 30, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School

Massachusetts once had the best state test in the country. Will it again?

Avatar photo by Sarah Butrymowicz June 7, 2016March 30, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School

The 7 steps to making a statewide test

Avatar photo by Sarah Butrymowicz June 7, 2016March 30, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School

How one innovative school district has closed gaps on harder Common Core tests

Avatar photo by Emmanuel Felton June 7, 2016October 21, 2020

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