Sue Hamilton of Carnegie Learning Inc. speaks about new Common Core math requirements during a family information night Wednesday at Batavia Middle School. Hamilton was among the speakers who helped ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first of two stories explaining Common Core standards and the controversy surrounding them. The second part will be in Monday's edition. Local school districts are working ...

When a student moves from one school to another, one of the biggest adjustments he or she must make — aside from meeting and making new friends — is academically. A student lights a small piece of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) Critics are relentless in warning about what they see as the folly of the new Common Core academic standards, designed to prepare students for college or a job by the time they ...

In the last few years, Foothill’s curriculum was faced with immense changes as new Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) were implemented. The Common Core standards have been ...

RACINE — Racine Unified schools will soon see new math instructional materials in classes from kindergarten to Algebra I, Algebra II and Geometry in high schools. That comes following a vote this week ...