Spirits were high during a candid and informal American Book Producers Association discussion about shifts and trends in the children’s publishing industry, held on April 22 in New York City. The ...

Statements from publishers that traditional instructional materials are aligned with the Common Core State Standards are largely a “sham,” according to a prominent researcher who conducted one of two ...

It seems the Common Core evokes some sort of reaction, good or bad, in everyone these days. Even comedian Louis C.K. is in on the act, slamming the standards on late-night TV and tweeting complaints ...

The people who came up with the idea of the Common Core saw reading comprehension as a content-neutral set of skills, leading to massive confusion. The Common Core may be the most misunderstood ...

Over the last several years, Common Core education standards have become an increasingly important issue for parents and teachers, as they see how children are affected by the policy. Yet, the details ...

The third in our four-part series on reading in the Common Core era. Every set of academic standards has a soul. Yes, a soul. It's made of varied stuff: part research, part practice, part conviction ...

When it comes to education, Massachusetts is often ranked first in the country and according to Bonnie Johnson of END Common Core Massachusetts parents and educators are tired of being held to federal ...

The implementation of the Common Core State Standards has stirred up much controversy and debate. Some of this debate is healthy, particularly over how to develop rigorous, common standards and ...

The Common Core State Standards was one of the biggest initiatives in decades aimed at changing public education — and like many school “reforms” in the era of high-stakes standardized testing, it did ...