As many educators and researchers will attest, there’s no exact science to choosing vocabulary words—no inherent reason the word “detest” is more important to teach than “despise,” or why “compassion” ...

Even as the Common Core State Standards are being put into practice across most of the country, nearly half of teachers feel unprepared to teach them, especially to disadvantaged students, according ...

Ten years ago, states across the country began to embrace a new set of tougher learning standards in public schools. This new model, called Common Core, was meant to transform how students are taught ...

The widespread enthusiasm for social and emotional learning (SEL) is easy to appreciate. After all, it seems painfully obvious that children learn better when they feel valued, supported, and safe.

For a while now, some anti-Big Government privacy activists have argued that the Common Core learning standards are actually just a front for data collection. But when it comes to student data, Big ...

After 10 years, Common Core isn’t living up to its promise — even while teachers say it’s changed the classroom experience for the better. Ten years ago, states across the country began to embrace a ...

ALBANY – Local education officials are lauding a new task force created by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to analyze the Common Core Learning Standards. The governor recently announced the formation of the Common ...

I am not sure if your Pennlive/Patriot News editorial deliberately picked the strangest-sounding arguments against Common Core to dismiss, or you simply do not know that many substantive ones exist. ( ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The University at Buffalo’s Graduate School of Education will take a leading role helping teachers prepare for Common Core Learning Standards, adding to the coalition of educators in ...

Every so often, K-12 schooling witnesses the rise of an intuitive, easy-to-like, bipartisan reform push that’s backed by deep-pocketed funders and a lot of recognizable names. While this alignment of ...

New Yorkers still have a few days to share their opinions on the Common Core Learning Standards with New York state. State Sen. Cathy Young, R-C-I-Olean, recently sent communication to her ...

Savvas Learning Company, a next-generation learning solutions leader for K-12 education, is proud to announce that its enVision® Mathematics Common Core Grades 6-8 ...