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Brian Smith of M Live reports that lawmakers are planning on revisiting the implementation of the standards in the fall, according to House Speaker [...] After signing the state's budget last Thursday, Governor Rick Snyder announced Michigan is now
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Speaker will be Orlean Koehle, president of California Eagle Forum and author of "Common Core -- Trojan Horse for Education Reform." She will discuss "Major Concerns about Common Core Standards." Koehle argues that the federal government and private
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It's the season of Pomp and Circumstance, flavored with dashes of parental pride, as a rising generation in cap and gown marches solemnly into its future. The graduates are glowing with the beauty of youth, eager to take on the world. But what have
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The presidents of Idaho's three public universities and Lewis Clark State College are backing Idaho's Core Standards, which demands a rigorous education rooted in problem solving and critical thinking. In the letter, the presidents said the standard
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Critical thinking will be as important as getting the right answer under new education standards broberts@idahostatesman.com Lindsey Yundt's algebra 1 class at Boise's South Junior High doesn't bear much resemblance to what it might have looked like
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Some conservatives in the Kansas Legislature are still hopeful of finding a way to block public schools from implementing the new Common Core standards for English language arts and math, a move that state and local education leaders argue would be
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The Associated Press Of the 45 states that adopted the Common Core reading, math and writing standards, nine are having second thoughts. Some states are seeking to slow implementation, while others are trying to repeal the standards altogether.
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May 27 The Kansas City Star Like 94 percent of area school districts polled by The Star, the Easton School District supports the freshly controversial Common Core State Standards. Survey results The Star's survey of area schools received responses
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Michelle Schade, 46, a sixth grade math teacher at Indian Trail Middle School, earlier this year began creating educational materials for teachers who will for the first time be teaching the so-called Common Core standards that have been adopted by
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A group of state officials disagrees, stating that teachers shouldn't delay accountability, according to Lyndsey Layton of The Washington Post. Forty-five states have now [...] Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers, is
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