PHOENIX — Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas’ tough stance on Arizona’s use of the Common Core State Standards for Education may not be a winning argument with at least some of her ...

QUEEN CREEK, Ariz.– When teachers here prepare lessons on the new Common Core standards, a website connects them with explanations, quizzes and other resources shared by dozens of school districts and ...

They call themselves the “Mommy Lobby,” and even after two anti-Common Core bills failed to become law in Arizona, the growing group of parents and grassroots activists vows to continue to fight ...

The State Board of Education moved a small step closer to meeting Superintendent Diane Douglas’ goal of adopting Arizona-based learning standards when the board voted Monday to officially allow ...

PHOENIX — Ignoring pleas from business leaders, the Senate Education Committee voted 6-3 along party lines Thursday to bar Arizona from implementing the Common Core standards the state adopted four ...

A bill that would ban Common Core Standards in Arizona has passed through two house committee votes as of February 23. SB 2190 passed through Arizona’s House Education Committee on February 18 by a ...

PHOENIX — Common Core appears to be here to stay, at least for the time being. On a 19-10 vote, the Senate on Monday killed legislation that would have allowed schools to develop their own academic ...

Republican Gov. Jan Brewer has tried to defuse criticism about the Common Core standards by issuing an executive order renaming them Arizona's College and Career Ready Standards and reaffirming that ...

The Common Core State Standards Initiative is a program developed by the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers, and rolled out by the Arizona State Board of ...

PHOENIX -- With foes blaming them for everything from the use of a sexually graphic book in one high school to making automatons of Arizona children, a Senate panel voted Thursday to kill the Common ...

PHOENIX -- Gov. Doug Ducey said Monday he wants to keep the Common Core academic standards and the tests linked to them, at least for the time being. In a speech to the state Board of Education, the ...