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Covering Innovation & Inequality in Education

Category: Common Core

The Common Core lays out what students should know in English and math and was intended to transform American education. But as the standards have rolled out in more than 40 states, they’ve sparked controversy. Our coverage goes beyond politics to show how the standards are affecting kids and impacting learning.

Five years after Common Core, a mysterious spike in failure rate among NY high school students

by Jill Barshay January 14, 2019November 20, 2020

Back in 2013, when New York was one of the first states in the nation to adopt Common Core standards and administer tougher tests, children’s test scores initially plummeted. Then, as teachers had time to develop lesson plans and adjust to new curricula, student performance began to improve. A similar pattern seemed to be emerging among […]

New York’s upstate cities have some of the worst schools in the country

by Emmanuel Felton August 3, 2016March 30, 2020

Can Common Core reading tests ever be fair?

by Sarah Gonser August 2, 2016March 30, 2020

Where special education students are succeeding under Common Core

by Ibby Caputo July 7, 2016March 30, 2020

Is it better to teach pure math instead of applied math?

by Jill Barshay June 27, 2016March 30, 2020

Elementary school teachers struggle with Common Core math standards

by Luba Ostashevsky June 15, 2016March 30, 2020

Massachusetts once had the best state test in the country. Will it again?

by Sarah Butrymowicz June 7, 2016March 30, 2020

The 7 steps to making a statewide test

by Sarah Butrymowicz June 7, 2016March 30, 2020

How one innovative school district has closed gaps on harder Common Core tests

by Emmanuel Felton June 7, 2016October 21, 2020

How little is too little money for schools?

by Jonathan Sapers June 6, 2016March 30, 2020

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