The state Board of Education adopted the Common Core reading and math standards in 2010, but in recent years they have been attacked by conservative Republicans, who say they're too expensive.

New national standards for math and English education offer the promise of more relevance to the real world and the ability to compare students' performance across state lines. But skeptics worry ...

A bill to end the use of Common Core education standards in Kansas was defeated during a House floor vote after passing the state’s House Education Committee. House Bill 2292 would have replaced ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — While the Common Core education standards provoked political backlash and testing boycotts around the country this year, the state that educates more public school children than ...

Critics of Common Core education standards told Missouri House Interim Education Committee members Tuesday the guidelines lack rigor, are one-size-fits-all and allow the government to collect too much ...

With Louisiana one of the states embroiled in a debate over the "Common Core" education standards, and with Gov. Bobby Jindal (nominally opposed) and state superintendent of education John White ...

Jeb Bush’s early entry into the 2016 presidential campaign has already turned the Obama administration’s Common Core education standards into one of the hottest topics among conservatives ahead of the ...

(AP) Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal took steps Wednesday to block the use of tests tied to the Common Core education standards, a move that puts him at odds with state legislative, education and business ...

North Carolina legislators have introduced a proposal that would require their state to examine national Common Core education standards. Over the last few years, North Carolina and 44 other states ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - State Education Superintendent John White says a Baton Rouge judge has thrown out a lawsuit seeking to end Louisiana's use of the Common Core education standards in public ...

The new president of the Louisiana Association of School Superintendents praised Common Core but said Monday that state education leaders bungled the rollout of the new academic standards. “The ...