Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Third graders raise their hands to answer questions during a lesson on fractions in Tyler Ellzey’s class at Buckhorn Creek ...

The Common Core State Standards have led to big changes in the way many teachers approach reading instruction. Part 1 in a four-part series on reading in the Common Core era. The Common Core State ...

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EXEMPLAR 1: SEEDS OF SCIENCE/ROOTS OF READING Jacqueline Barber, Lawrence Hall of Science at University of California, Berkeley, shared her insights into developing Seeds of ...

This year, Arizona will institute something called Common Core reading standards. Sounds boring, I know. But if you have kids in grade school, or plan to, it will affect you. If you think we need to ...

Part 2 in a four-part series on reading in the Common Core era. Linnea Wolters was prepared to hate the Common Core State Standards. She taught fifth grade at a low-income school in Reno, Nev., where, ...

Bills mandating the “Science of Reading” have been passing left and right across the nation. While some, like the Pennsylvania bill that passed 201-0, provide gentle nudging and support, others, like ...

(This is the first in an ongoing series about educational changes due to the adoption of Common Core Standards in Wisconsin. Up next: Measuring the achievement of the standards.) School used to be ...

Part 1 in a four-part series on reading in the Common Core era. The Common Core State Standards are changing what many kids read in school. They're standards, sure — not curriculum. Teachers and ...