Common Core is the first major reform initiative to deal with the front end of education -- the substance of what actually is being taught in the classroom, instead of focusing solely on student ...

School is in session at Elite Scholars Academy and there's something new this year other than notebooks, pencils and clothes -- the academic standards. The year-round Clayton County charter school is ...

Normally, Sherry Geesaman wouldn’t be nervous. Normally, she’d flip open a plan book or a textbook and start riffing. That is, after all, what veteran educators do. And Geesaman’s been teaching for 20 ...

Newport-Mesa Unified School District teachers and administrators spoke about the successes and struggles associated with implementing the new Common Core State Standards during a special board meeting ...

As a former student who came to school speaking only Spanish, elementary teacher Gabriela Orozco Gonzalez says she can relate to her Los Angeles-area students, who are mostly English learners. In her ...