WHYY

One teacher, one lesson: Common Core in Delaware up close [GALLERY]

Normally, Sherry Geesaman wouldn’t be nervous. Normally, she’d flip open a plan book or a textbook and start riffing. That is, after all, what veteran educators do. And Geesaman’s been teaching for 20 ...
The Journal

Exemplars Unveils Common Core Math Resources for Grades K-5

Exemplars has launched a new set of math resources, Problem Solving for the Common Core, designed to help teachers implementing the Common Core State Standards. Designed for use in grades K-5, "the ...
The Washington Post

How three teachers are dealing with Common Core in class

Love them or hate them, the Common Core State Standards in math and English/Language Arts are being implemented in classrooms in most of the country — in some places better than others. A nonpartisan ...
EdSource

Parents try their hand at Common Core math

Brandy Frakes, an elementary school teacher at the Aspire University Charter School in Modesto, is tackling one of the greatest challenges facing educators: building support among bewildered parents ...
Education Week

Educators Tout IB’s Links to Common Core

Includes updates and/or revisions. As districts nationwide scramble to translate the Common Core State Standards into concrete curricula and lesson plans, Principal Sue DeVicariis of Kate Sessions ...
Forbes

The Common Core: Setting The Record Straight

The implementation of the Common Core State Standards has stirred up much controversy and debate. Some of this debate is healthy, particularly over how to develop rigorous, common standards and ...
The Hechinger Report

Common Core’s unintended consequence?

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Last year Melody ...
NPR

Teachers Hit The Common Core Wall

This time next year, millions of schoolkids in the U.S. will sit down for their first Common Core test. In some places, the stakes will be high — for kids, their teachers and their communities. The ...
Education Week

Days Apart, Two States Opt to Replace Common Core

The political turbulence surrounding the Common Core State Standards intensified in recent weeks as the governors of Oklahoma and South Carolina—less than a week apart—signed legislation requiring ...
NPR

Common Core Reading: 'The New Colossus'

Part 1 in a four-part series on reading in the Common Core era. The Common Core State Standards are changing what many kids read in school. They're standards, sure — not curriculum. Teachers and ...
The Hechinger Report

Tennessee’s wavering over the Common Core discourages new teachers

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. KINGSPORT, Tenn. ...