In the United States, education is primarily under the purview of the states. Although the federal government has taken a larger role since the creation of the Department of Education in 1979 and the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fifteen years after the calamitous rollout of the Common Core math standards, the once-derided strategy has proven its staying ...

There is much wrong with American kindergartens—but Common Core State Standards are not to blame. If interpreted correctly, Common Core standards for literacy enable us to help enhance the ...

Pennsylvania and New Jersey are among the latest states to require cursive handwriting to be taught in elementary schools.

Includes updates and/or revisions. The final set of common academic standards was released today, capping months of closed-door work to write them and months more to revise them with feedback from ...

Math and English lessons for North Dakota students will soon be based on a new set of standards written over the next year to replace Common Core, State Superintendent Kirsten Baesler announced ...

Cursive writing returns to Pennsylvania classrooms next month ...