Common Standards

The latest news about the Common Core State Standards, including articles, Commentaries, and special features.

Kathy Powers discusses the book Assassin with her 5th graders at Carl Stuart Middle School in Conway, Ark. She uses the historical novel along with the nonfiction book Chasing Lincoln's Killer and a Walt Whitman poem in a unit about the president's assassination.
—Stephen B. Thornton for Education Week

Interpretations Differ on Common Core's Nonfiction Rule

Teachers' understanding varies over how to balance fiction and nonfiction to meet the English/language arts standards. (January 29, 2013)

Spotlight on Implementing Common Standards

This Spotlight highlights the curriculum, professional development, and online resources available to help teachers prepare for the common core.

Spotlight on Common Core Assessment and Curriculum

This Spotlight explains how the standards will impact curriculum development and the crafting of common assessments.

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Blog Coverage

Standards
The Curriculum Matters blog covers developments on the adoption and implementation of common standards. Visit this page to browse the latest posts on this topic.

On-Demand Webinars

Revealing How Education Leaders Can Work Together on Common-Standards Implementation
In this webinar, our guests provided available resources to guide principals and district leaders as they embrace the standards.

How One District is Putting the Common Standards Into Practice: A Case Study
In this webinar, our guests from a North Carolina school district discuss their experiences with putting the common core into practice.

Chat Transcript

Common Standards: The Professional-Development Challenge in Math
This live chat explored how mathematics instruction could shift under the Common Core State Standards initiative, and the related professional-development needs—and challenges—for teachers.

Special Collection

Common-Core Commentaries
Thought leaders, policymakers and educators offer their opinions and ideas on the common-core standards.
Math, Literacy, & Common Standards
This special report maps out the landscape of academic content and instruction in the common-core era.
Quality Counts 2010
The 14th edition of Education Week's annual report looks at the national debate over common academic standards.

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Commentary
The Common Core Needs a Common Curriculum
The content of instruction should be a communal, research-based, and experience-based decision, writes Lisa Hansel.
May 20, 2013 - Education Week
Science in Practice: The First of Two Parts
Common Science Standards Face Capacity Issues
Investment needs for teacher training, curriculum materials, and assessments are likely to slow the pace of implementation.
May 14, 2013 - Education Week
Informal Science Sector Aims to Play Standards Role
Institutions such as zoos and museums, as well as after-school programs and science competitions, could relieve capacity concerns.
May 14, 2013 - Education Week
Impact on Waivers, Grants Mulled in Common-Core Pushback
As states weigh dropping the common core, policymakers must consider whether that would jeopardize federal NCLB waivers and competitive grants.
May 14, 2013 - Education Week
Common Core Supporters Firing Back
Backers of the common core intensify their efforts to tout the standards in the face of high-profile opposition in some states.
May 14, 2013 - Education Week
Commentary
Moving From Standards to Supports
Policymakers should make supporting struggling students a higher priority than enacting standards for all, John H. Jackson writes.
May 7, 2013 - Education Week
Rifts Deepen Over Direction of Ed. Policy in U.S.
Rapid change in education—and society—has intensified the debate to a level not seen since the battles over school desegregation.
May 7, 2013 - Education Week
States' Online Testing Problems Raise Common-Core Concerns
Technical glitches during recent online assessments in a number of states are prompting worries about schools' ability to administer common-core testing in 2014-15.
May 3, 2013 | Updated: May 7, 2013 - Education Week
The 'Monster' at the End of the Common Core
Laura Thomas argues that progressive educators have become so accustomed to the burden of instructional mandates that they may be missing opportunities presented by the common standards.
May 1, 2013 - Teacher
PARCC Proposes Common-Core Test Accommodations
The first of two groups of states working to design common assessments has released a draft accommodations manual that outlines the types of test supports that can be used to help ELLs and students with disabilities.
April 23, 2013 - Education Week

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