The Journal

Hundreds of Free Common Core Lessons Focus on Math, ELA Standards

Compiled by a team of teacher researchers, a digital curriculum platform is adding more than 750 free, Common Core-aligned lesson plans in math and English language arts for grades 2 to 12. The lesson ...
Washington Monthly

Who was Behind the Common Core Math Standards, and Will They Survive?

NEW YORK – Every Saturday morning at 10 a.m., Jason Zimba begins a math tutoring session for his two young daughters with the same ritual. His youngest, Claire, 4, draws on a worksheet while his ...
Education Week

Common-Core Math Standards Put New Focus on English-Learners

When he began working the Common Core State Standards into his instruction three years ago, New York City middle school mathematics teacher Silvestre Arcos noticed that his English-language-learner ...
NPR

What Does A Good Common Core Lesson Look Like?

As we're detailing this week, teachers and school leaders have a lot of work to do to adopt curricula aligned with the new Common Core State Standards. In the Internet era, the best resources should ...
NPR

How Common Core Brought Attention To The Math Education Debate

One of the by-products of states around the country adopting Common Core is that the standards have brought attention to long-running education debates that aren’t about money or testing. This week ...
Oregonian

Oregon schools prepare tougher, more incisive lessons for statewide rollout of Common Core

Installing a single set of ambitious academic standards at every school across 45 states has taken years -- but in most places, has largely escaped public attention. A Gallup poll out last month found ...
Slate

Texas’ Math Standards Look Suspiciously Familiar

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. This story was produced by the Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused ...
Vox

The Common Core makes simple math more complicated. Here’s why.

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...
The Hechinger Report

Elementary school teachers struggle with Common Core math standards

Cookies and math tend to go together in an elementary school classroom. And not always as reward for a correct answer. Teachers use them as conceptual props to explain an operation like division. It ...
NPR

What A Common Core Lesson Sounds Like In A 10th-Grade English Class

It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep. RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: And I'm Renee Montagne. This morning, we're going to begin taking a closer look at the Common Core. Those are the learning ...
The Hechinger Report

Who was behind the Common Core math standards, and will they survive?

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. This story also ...