CHARLESTON, S. C. (WCIV) -- A national program to standardize education has made its way to South Carolina this year. The Common Core standards set what students should know at each grade level to ...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) --NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) --Parents opposed to the new Common Core standards in schools staged a nationwide protest Monday. As CBS 2's Kathryn Brown reported, opponents of the ...
But Common Core has come under fire since, particularly from conservatives. Some argue that the program steers teachers toward literature and textbooks with a liberal slant, while others say the ...
Think about the major policy undertakings of the Obama administration over the past six and a half years. It began with a “stimulus” that wasted trillions in the quest of generating jobs, but did ...
HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF) - The Common Core issue has been dividing lawmakers in Montgomery all year, and now, some prominent leaders in the Tennessee Valley have weighed in. Late Tuesday night, ...
This is priceless. Former Florida Republican Gov. Jeb Bush, consummate politician and 2016 presidential aspirant, has now bitterly accused opponents of his federal education schemes of possessing ...
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan, said the final plan will include still-unspecified delays to the new English and math testing requirements under the Common Core program. But he suggested ...
The Common Core State Standards is a new initiative that outlines literacy and mathematics expectations for K-12 schools across the country. iStock For all of their superficial similarities, the ...
At a Chicago fundraiser May 29, 2013, President Obama said “I don’t have much patience for people who deny climate change.” At his swearing in ceremony May 21, 2013, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz ...