A member of the Common Core review committee quit her post Monday and said the process is geared to keeping the academic standards intact. Margo Guilott, a retired educator who lives in Slidell, ...

As in many states, Louisiana’s Common Core review is the result of years of pressure from parents and politicians. Last year, lawmakers — in an effort to neutralize the issue in the months leading up ...

Mississippi is in a precarious position regarding the Common Core national academic standards. Amid a large grassroots movement against the K–12 math and English standards, legislators opted to review ...

The seemingly endless legislative fight over Common Core ended quietly Tuesday. The Louisiana House, without debate, approved the last of three bills that lawmakers hope will help quiet the ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (April 14, 2015) –Lieutenant Governor Tim Griffin announced on Tuesday the details of the nine listening tour stops and five Little Rock hearings for the Governor's Council on Common ...

When grassroots parents discovered big-education elitists had kept them in the dark about the Common Core (CC) experiment being conducted on their children, they helped to shine a bright light on the ...

A survey answered by 975 Arkansas teachers in grades 3-12 found that 61% would keep the Common Core State Standards while 39% would eliminate them. However, 87% said they "don't like the testing ...

Arkansas is one of 43 states that have adopted Common Core standards for schools.Common Core is a set of standards for math and English language arts that, according to the state, is the best for ...

State Superintendent of Education John White describes Common Core in Baton Rouge. Follow our liveblog Wednesday as review committees start figuring out how much Louisiana will keep. (NOLA.com | The ...

A website should be up next month to collect public comment on aspects of Pennsylvania's new reading and math standards, according to the state's acting education secretary. Carolyn Dumaresq told the ...

State Board of Education Chairwoman Barbara Hampton said Thursday that she and her colleagues will oversee a public review of Common Core, a set of national academic standards that has drawn the ire ...