The Common Core State Standards is a new initiative that outlines literacy and mathematics expectations for K-12 schools across the country. iStock For all of their superficial similarities, the ...

The Common Core has arguably become the most contentious issue in American education. Experts face off over the new state standards in the latest... Debate: Should Schools Embrace The Common Core?

Most of the states that first endorsed the Common Core academic standards are still using them in some form. That's despite continued debate over whether they are improving student performance in ...

Last week, Arne Duncan, the secretary of education, picked just the right words to make an increasingly hot controversy even hotter. Like many education officials in both parties, Duncan is a defender ...