Common Core: A Steep Climb
Part 1

D.C. Bets Big on Common Core

The District of Columbia has devoted many resources to the standards, resulting in hopes, frustrations, and the knowledge that changes are necessary. (May 21, 2013)

The Players:


Part 2

Into the Common Core: One Classroom's Journey

A veteran teacher finds it tough going to lead her students toward mastery of the common standards in English/language arts. (June 3, 2013)

The Players:


Part 3

Year-End Tests Bring Urgency to Common-Core Push

A veteran teacher uses the last weeks of the school year to bolster her students' literacy skills before spring tests. (June 12, 2013)


Free Chat

Journeying Into the Common Standards in English/Language Arts

In this free online chat on June 17 at 2 p.m. ET, Education Week staff writer Catherine Gewertz discusses one district's experience with the common-core English/language arts standards and the challenges facing states and districts putting the standards into practice. Sign up now for an email reminder. (June 17, 2013)

About This Series
How school districts move the Common Core State Standards from the central office into classrooms can make or break the undertaking. Education Week spent six months reporting on how the District of Columbia’s vision of the common-core English/language arts standards is being put into practice in one 8th grade classroom at one school, Stuart-Hobson Middle School on Capitol Hill. The process is documented in this four-part series, Common Core: A Steep Climb.

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