Members of the state Board of Regents voted in Albany to replace Common Core learning standards with a new set of standards: "Next Generation Learning Standards." State Education Commissioner ...

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” ...

On Monday, the New York State Board of Regents approved a replacement for the common-core learning standards after two years of development, and it seems to be mostly popular with educators and ...

Common Core has become one of the most debated issues in education today. What is it and why are so many people against it? Tap here to watch Anne Shannon's report. Common Core has become one of the ...

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Rigorous educational standards like the Common Core can help students stay in school while engaging them, according to education officials. According to a report by Camille A. Farrington of the ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- It's official: New York state's Common Core is out the door. Members of the state Board of Regents voted Monday in Albany to replace the controversial Common Core learning ...

“Let’s go over our math learning target for today,” said Christina Spontaneo, Love Elementary School teacher, to her fourth-grade class. “Say it with me – I can determine that a digit represents 10 ...

State Superintendent Paolo Demaria says Ohio's learning standards won;t be Common Core anymore if revisions pass the state school board next month, but will be Ohio's own. (Patrick O'Donnell/The Plain ...

In math, kindergartners focus on learning numbers and what numbers represent, then learn about addition and subtraction. Students also identify and work with shapes. In English, students learn the ...

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 ...