A sensible guide for parents written by a teacher who was initially for Common Core and learned the truth. Learn the importance of opting your child out of SBAC testing.

The issuance to students of IDs that connect them to their test scores is critical to the overall success of the federal government's Common Core educational program, according to a study. Among the "   ... read more

Do you want your child to be Bill Gates' "guinea pig" for 10 years to determine if Common Core works or not? Please watch the video in this article and listen to what one of the primary forces behind C   ... read more

Don't say you weren't warned. In March of this year, the Harvard Graduate School of Education hosted an event titled "Common Core: Perils, Pitfalls, and Opportunities." It was moderated by Harvard p   ... read more

One of the sticky issues regarding the Common Core remains the secretive way the standards were first written, and the almost total absence of classroom educators from that process -- which I first pointed o   ... read more

It took a teacher 56 seconds to explain how to add 9 plus 6. “When you and I were in school, we used to just memorize 9 plus 6 equals 15. Not anymore. With the Common Core, students need to understand w   ... read more

A study published by the pro-Common Core Carnegie Corporation in 2013 generated a key finding that has not received much attention, but perhaps should be quoted often at education hearings in state legislatures a   ... read more

This study, touting "new" designs for education, actually reveals some little heard problems with Common Core.

How did I miss it? The single most important study on Common Core implementation was published by the Carnegie Corporation in 2013, but its key finding has been ignored.

There are genuine problems with Common Core all the same, and these are potentially at a deeper level. Take as one example, the Common Core kindergarten mathematics standard, which requires that children u   ... read more