Heartland

Common Core and Critical Thinking: Sounds Good, but is it?

To briefly summarize Common Core, the decision to adopt the Common Core standards was left almost exclusively in the hands of the governors and the state boards of education. The public was not made ...
The Hechinger Report

In Texas, new math standards look a whole lot like Common Core

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The Hechinger Report

Elementary school teachers struggle with Common Core math standards

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Education Week

‘Common Core’ Standards Earn a B From Think Tank

A high-profile effort to establish common academic standards across states is far from complete, but an early blueprint has won a favorable review from a Washington think tank that has long supported ...
Heartland

Common Core Damage Will Last for Years to Come

Common Core (CC) K–12 math and English standards are lingering, despite concerted efforts by concerned parents and taxpayers to remove them. It is like a house with an underwater mortgage: The United ...
Education Week

In Transition to Common Core, Some High Schools Turn to ‘Integrated’ Math

Long a staple of the high school curriculum, the mathematics-course sequence of Algebra 1, geometry, and Algebra 2 is facing a budding challenge as schools transition to the Common Core State ...