Common Standards

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

Dowan McNair-Lee helps 8th grader Mikel Robinson with an English/language arts assignment at Stuart-Hobson Middle School.
—Jared Soares for Education Week

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)

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.

Issue Backgrounder

For background on this topic, see:
Standards

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.

Special Collection

Common Core: A Steep Climb
An Education Week series on the District of Columbia's vision of the common-core standards and how they are being put into practice.
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.

PD DIRECTORY

The Professional Development Directory features courses and resources for teachers on:
Common Core

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With the Common Core State Standards hovering, a middle school math teacher discusses her efforts to help her students reason abstractly and approach problems more systematically.
December 31, 2012 - Teacher
Educators Tout IB's Links to Common Core
International Baccalaureate educators say their program offers a base for designing curriculum units that align with the new Common Core State Standards in mathematics and English/language arts.
December 21, 2012 | Updated: January 10, 2013 - Education Week
A secondary language arts teacher shares how she uses film to inspire her students' interaction with a variety of texts.
December 12, 2012 - Teacher
Advocates are making the case that the arts can help students meet the demands of the common core in English/language arts and mathematics.
December 11, 2012 - Education Week
December 10, 2012 - Education Week
The common-core-test labs allow scientists to get inside students' heads and use what they learn to craft questions and tasks.
December 7, 2012 - Education Week
After much debate, the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, backs off on formal common-core opposition.
December 4, 2012 - Education Week
Helping teachers work together will be essential to the success of the common core, say Vicki Phillips and Robert Hughes.
December 4, 2012 - Education Week
Without full-day kindergarten, many students will be at a disadvantage in the common-core era, Laura Bornfreund writes.
December 4, 2012 - Education Week
Raising student expectations could help smooth the tough road ahead for standards implementation, writes Rick Dalton.
December 4, 2012 - Education Week

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