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.

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.

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.

Guest post by Paul Horton. David Coleman, the current Chairman of the College Board and principle author of the Common Core Standards, proved his mettle as a curriculum writer when he declared ...

One of the bipartisan hopes for the Common Core, a set of guidelines for what the nation's kindergarten-through-12th-grade students should learn and when, was that states would leave behind their ...

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

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 ...

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 ...