Best of Common Core State Standards News Clips The Common Core State Standards have been voluntarily adopted by 46 states across the country. They enjoy bipartisan support and the support of educators. Here are links to some recent interviews and...

Cincinnati.com reports that John Frye, Director of Staff and Pupil Services for the New Richmond Exempted Village School District, said the Common Core goals are internationally benchmarked and emulate expectations found in high performing systems...

English Professor Karen Swallow Prior writes in The Atlantic that the Common Core State Standards in reading "empower students to read, and to read well, the very foundation of success for college, career, and life." Read the article...

Columnist Beth Kassab writes in the Orlando Sentinel that the Common Core State Standards "...promote analytical thinking. They promote real understanding rather than memorization. And that's the kind of education I want for my own kids." Read her...

Educator Kaycee Eckhardt writes in a Casper Star-Tribune Online column that "The Common Core presents a powerful and viable solution: Educate all students equally, with the skills most necessary or them to complete internationally and perform...

"Put together, Common Core is the set of skills every student in America should study and master. All students, whether they reside in the Florida Keys, the mountains of Colorado or the deserts of Arizona, should know and demonstrate specific...

Final Next Generation Science Standards Released State-created standards for science education in the 21st Century Washington, DC - April 9, 2013 - On Tuesday, April 9, the final Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), a new set of voluntary,...

April 7, 2013 - An editorial in The Washington Post notes that it's bewildering that the state would roll back graduation requirements. "Retreating from a path the state blazed — particularly when other states are following with toughened graduation...

The Miami Herald reports that the United States ranks below average in math compared with other developed countries and regions participating in the Program for International Student Assessment test. Lack of basic knowledge about mathematics is a...

Kathleen Porter-Magee and Sol Stern write in an op-ed that "Common Core offers American students the opportunity for a far more rigorous, content-rich, cohesive K–12 education than most of them have had." Read more in the National Review Online ...