Common Core
Education news, analysis, and opinion about the Common Core State Standards, a set of academic standards for teaching English and mathematics in K-12 schools.
See also: Standards
The Common Core Explained
With all the developments and debate around common standards, here are the resources you'll need to get up to speed.
Families & the Community
Opinion
It Takes a City: Building Blocks, Builders, and Tools Are Needed for Real Instructional Reform
AFT's Marla Ucelli-Kashyap reminds us that not only do we need to implement the Common Core, we need to do it well. And that requires conviction, knowledge, resources, and tools for all the key players in the education community.
Standards & Accountability
Translating the Common Core for Dual-Language Classrooms
Efforts are underway to adapt the common standards for dual language classrooms.
Standards & Accountability
New Blog to Focus on Common Core and English-Learners
Colorin Colorado launches new blog that will focus exclusively on the new common core standards and English-language learners
Professional Development
Opinion
Recognizing Progress in Implementing the Common Core State Standards
AACTE President and CEO Sharon P. Robinson reminds us that the institutions that prepare teachers are critical to successful implementation of the Common Core.
Standards & Accountability
Opinion
Deeper Learning
The similarities between the skills of global competence and those of deeper learning are quite clear.
Standards & Accountability
Opinion
The Need for Spreadsheet Math in K-12
Spreadsheets have become the mathematical laboratories for business, for science, for technology, and even for many consumers. They are the way we do our math, the primary tool for quantitative reasoning, and yet they are barely mentioned in our schools. They were mentioned only once in the New York Times article. They were mentioned only seven times in the Common Core State Standards in Math (fractions were mentioned 210 times). They are the primary mathematics tool of the 21st century, yet they are virtually invisible to most of our students.
Standards & Accountability
The Other Achievement Gap: Children With Learning Disabilities
Children with learning disabilities, including dyslexia, make up 5 percent of all students. If those dyslexic students don't succeed, schools can't close the achievement gap between student with and without disabilities.
Assessment
Opinion
Will the Next "Education President" Please Stand Up?
Presidential candidates present mixed signals on education.
Assessment
Opinion
Plan Student Assessment With Common Core in Mind
The implementation of Common Core State Standards affects both instruction and assessment of students. Kate Garrison, AMLE author and director of professional development with Measured Progress, offers suggestions for successfully assessing students with CCSS in mind.
Standards & Accountability
Oregon Ed. Official: Results for English-Learners 'Unacceptable'
Dissatisfied with the achievement levels for English-learners, state education leaders highlight plans to improve instructional programs for the state's roughly 60,000 such students.
Standards & Accountability
English-Language Proficiency and Common Core: A Guide for States
The Council of Chief State School Officers releases a new guide meant to help states ensure that their English-language proficiency standards for English-learners correspond to the Common Core State Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards.