The Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a right-tilted think tank and longtime staunch supporter of the Common Core, just released a survey of ELA teachers and some attendant conclusions about how the Common ...

Under the new Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts, students are learning to dissect, analyze, and comprehend the type of complex reading they will encounter in college and the ...

ATLANTA — Georgia's current education standards are coming to an end, as a new direction of learning is coming for grades K through 12. On Thursday, the state's board of education approved State ...

The Florida Department of Education has formally adopted B.E.S.T. Standards and plans to replace Common Core through "the most aggressive transition timeline in Florida's history." FDEP made the ...

I recently had the pleasure of spending a few hours in a friend’s classroom where I introduced her students to technology applications that would engage them in “showing what they know” at different ...

This post was originally posted on the Curriculum Matters blog. Earlier this week, Louisiana legislators approved a new set of academic standards to replace the Common Core State Standards, reports my ...

The Academically Talented Youth Program has spent much time in the past few years evaluating and adjusting course content to meet and exceed the standards that the state has given for math and ...

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. Although the State Board of Education adopted new Common Core standards in math and ...