The learning standards were new. The textbooks were not. So curriculum director Tammy Baumann and her team took the books apart, literally. Then they rearranged lessons, filled in holes with outside ...

NEW CUYAMA, Calif. (AP) — Nestled between mountains 60 miles from the nearest city, students at Cuyama Valley High School use Internet connections about one-tenth the minimum speed recommended for the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) Critics are relentless in warning about what they see as the folly of the new Common Core academic standards, designed to prepare students for college or a job by the time they ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first of two stories explaining Common Core standards and the controversy surrounding them. The second part will be in Monday's edition. Local school districts are working ...

HELENA – From Ekalaka to Kalispell, Montana schools are doing what they think is a good thing: Updating curricula, testing and instruction to meet new, tougher Common Core standards for reading and ...

SMMUSD HDQTRS — Public school officials have spent the past couple of years gearing up for new curriculum standards that are in effect this school year, which focus on deeper understanding of various ...

Sue Hamilton of Carnegie Learning Inc. speaks about new Common Core math requirements during a family information night Wednesday at Batavia Middle School. Hamilton was among the speakers who helped ...

Video: New Orleans military mom explains why she supports Common Core Amanda Stenson says when the military transferred her family to New Orleans, her children were three grades ahead. Gov. Bobby ...