Editor's Note: This story was updated after it went to press. WASHINGTON — After five tension-filled years, as Catholic schools and dioceses across the country faced the decision of whether to adopt ...

Newport-Mesa school officials have begun trying to explain how the Common Core State Standards will be implemented beginning in the next school year. It’s no easy job, given that they probably aren’t ...

Two weeks ago, I defended the Common Core -- the new, more analytical way of approaching learning in public schools that's now being rolled out in 46 states, including New York. I think it's worth ...

PHOENIX — State lawmakers are moving to do what schools chief Diane Douglas has so far been unable to do — kill the Common Core academic standards and any tests associated with them. The House ...

The enormous problems with Common Core Standards (CCSS) and accompanying tests have been obvious to parents and citizens groups since they first were imposed by states succumbing to federal ...

What is the Common Core? To opponents, it's an invasive national curriculum that brainwashes kids — or at least confuses them to the point of tears. To supporters, the Common Core State Standards ...

Common Core. Seems like everybody has an opinion about what it is and what it isn’t. One thing is for sure, though. State Republican Senators want it gone. Like now. Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh ...