In the United States, education is primarily under the purview of the states. Although the federal government has taken a larger role since the creation of the Department of Education in 1979 and the ...

The political battles over the Common Core State Standards may feel old and settled. They are not. Critics continue to describe college- and career-ready standards as federal overreach, wasted effort ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fifteen years after the calamitous rollout of the Common Core math standards, the once-derided strategy has proven its staying ...

Commentary: SUNY reports that many incoming students are not ready for college math or English. It's the latest sign that New York's learning standards need an overhaul. In this 2013 file photo, ...

Susan Gilkerson, a math teacher and school bus driver, stood before a South Dakota education board and issued a warning. The proposed math standards the board was considering — just 36 pages, less ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — The South Dakota Board of Education Standards on Monday adopted new curriculum standards for mathematics and health. The decisions came after the fourth and final public hearings ...