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As exams kick off for the controversial learning standards, both students and teachers are trying to cope with the stress — and the political one-upmanship.
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“My child is crying and beating his head on the table at night, when we address homework,” Desoto Parish parent Karen Jenkins told the Board of Elementary…
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“I don’t want to subject my son to an environment of testing that I know has nothing to do with learning.”So says James Kirylo, father of Antonio, a…
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The Common Core had a rough year. The learning standards were repealed in three states, including Oklahoma. But what happens the day after a state repeals its academic standards?
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Melinda Deslatte, capitol correspondent for the Associated Press, sums up 2014, or at least the year in Louisiana politics.
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Other potential GOP candidates side with Tea Party-backed opposition to the education standards, but the former Florida governor is not backing away from his longstanding support.
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The Common Core State Standards are changing reading instruction in many schools. And that means new challenges for lots of students, even traditional high achievers.
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The Common Core State Standards have led to big changes in the way many teachers approach reading instruction.
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Gov. Bobby Jindal suspended state testing contracts in June to block the implementation of Common Core -- a set of benchmarks for what students should…
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Two surveys claim to capture the public's view of the Common Core State Standards. But they tell very different stories.