Common Core becomes a punch line 'My kids used to love math. Now it makes them cry,' Louis C.K. tweeted this week. By Stephanie Simon 04/30/2014 11:38 PM EDT.

What profound differences will Common Core make in our educational system? ... Common Core education standards are a Gates Foundation plot: PennLive letters. Updated: May. 19, 2013, 5:07 p.m.

Klonsky: While you and I share a healthy suspicion of government programs and share a strong opposition to NCLB and Race To The Top, I'm not against government.

Some say the changes could complicate efforts around the country to put 8th graders in Algebra 1—a still-debated trend that's grown over the past two decades.

Ruben Navarrette says Common Core supporters can’t devise a new curriculum and then fail to effectively sell it.

Common Core: 7 Recommendations for Effective Implementation. By David Nagel; 11/01/12; Conflicting reform efforts, poor communications, and "initiative fatigue" are among the factors presenting ...

Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino today will unveil a new ballot line called "Stop Common Core," aiming to turn anger over the tougher school-testing standards into votes in November ...