Your article “Literacy Instruction Expected to Cross the Curriculum” (“Rethinking Literacy: Reading in the Common-Core Era,” Special Report, Nov. 14, 2012) brought up clear examples of the development ...

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 ...

Some say the Common Core has sparked a new focus on content in the classroom. Others say it's intensified the focus on comprehension "skills." The answer depends on where you look. The Common Core ...

A. We’re in a period of transition in the country. There’s been a lot of controversy about education and what’s going to happen. One of our big goals here is to make sure teachers understand and are ...

Note: this is part 4 of a ten-part series on the Common Core. For part three, see here. Building on my discussion of Common Core aligned materials yesterday, today I want to talk about Common Core ...

Anne Udall, executive vice president of program strategy for the national nonprofit New Teacher Center in Santa Cruz, which helps train beginning educators, talked to EdSource recently about how ...

Bills mandating the “Science of Reading” have been passing left and right across the nation. While some, like the Pennsylvania bill that passed 201-0, provide gentle nudging and support, others, like ...

Two candidates in the Feb. 21, 2017 primary election for state superintendent of public instruction are in a race to replace. Replace the Common Core academic standards, that is. We decided to turn to ...

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 ...