In an English/language arts classroom in Iowa, 10th graders are analyzing the rhetoric in books about computer geeks, fast food, teenage marketing, the working poor, chocolate-making, and ...

In high school English Language Arts, students read works of literature and informational texts with a critical eye. They analyze classic and contemporary works from various eras, cultures and world ...

The common standards expect students to become adept at reading informational text, a shift in focus that many English/language arts teachers fear might diminish the time-honored place of literature ...

Under the new Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts, students are learning to dissect, analyze, and comprehend the type of complex reading they will encounter in college and the ...

With the Common Core Standards came an increased focus on reading informational texts, starting with kindergarten. But integrating informational texts isn’t as simple as having students read a couple ...

In math, students develop an understanding of rates and ratios, using tables, graphs and equations to solve real-world problems of proportional relationships. Students also work on solving multi-step ...

Hundreds of thousands of North Carolina parents and teachers received text messages Tuesday from State Superintendent Mark Johnson asking them to take an online survey about Common Core standards.

The people who came up with the idea of the Common Core saw reading comprehension as a content-neutral set of skills, leading to massive confusion. The Common Core may be the most misunderstood ...