Lair, chairman of Missouri’s House Appropriations Committee on Education, inserted an $8 budget line item to mock Common Core critics as tinfoil hat-wearing conspiracy theorists. Lair’s item reads: ...

One of the largest anti-Common Core groups in the state is throwing its weight behind Gov. Rick Scott as the governor makes his final push for a second term in office. Florida Parents Against Common ...

Regarding "Common Core stirs fear and distrust" (May 12): Regarding the letter "Parents have reason to fear Common Core" (May 19) written by Robert Holland of The Heartland institute: Advocates of the ...

FLORISSANT • The 40 parents sat in child-sized chairs inside the library of Barrington Elementary School and watched intently as a fourth-grade teacher wrote a problem on the smartboard. Then she ...

The Common Core State Standards may have initially been accepted when many states agreed to adopt the education initiative in 2010, but the years haven’t necessarily been kind to the education ...

Utah incumbent Gov. Gary Herbert (R) will begin his third term after switching positions on Common Core during a contentious campaign for the Republican nomination. Formerly a proponent of the Common ...

An Iowa woman jokingly calls it "Satan's handiwork." A California mom says she's broken down in tears. A Pennsylvania parent says it "makes my blood boil." Under Common Core, parents are likely to see ...