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Each year, teachers from North Carolina’s Iredell-Statesville Schools come together to prepare for the coming academic year during Curriculum Review Week, the Statesville Record and Landmark reported. However, this year’s gathering is noticeably different, as the district will begin to implement the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in the fall. "Teachers have been able to […]

Over the next five years, Arizona’s Gilbert Public Schools will not only implement the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), but also take a number of steps toward improving the quality of education in the district, The Republic reported. As the Gilbert Public Schools’ student demographics and enrollment numbers change, so too must the district’s approach […]

While it was always a given that the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) would transform education in schools across the country, one New York institution will undergo a reorganization of its administrative staff because of the CCSS, the Bennington Banner reported. Both the implementation of the Common Core and teacher evaluations have created a need […]

The Iowa Assessments have replaced the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS), throughout the Hawkeye State. As a result, students who take the Assessments provide their teachers with information that can shape the quality of their education, according to The University of Iowa's website. In Iowa, the Waukee Community School District’s School Improvement Advisory Committee […]

For students, the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) mean more rigorous and consistent classroom lessons and, as a result, a greater chance of success in college and beyond. However, for teachers, the CCSS implementation process has the potential to bring its fair share of confusion, especially if these instructors do not fully understand the new […]

For students across the country, kindergarten is becoming more challenging thanks to the adoption of the Common Core State Standards(CCSS). However, this push to provide young learners with a more rigorous education has a purpose, as children will be expected to know much more before they progress to the first grade. According to the CCSS’ […]

In Pennsylvania, the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) will be fully implemented during the 2013-2014 academic year. In an effort to make this process a little easier for teachers and students in the state’s Erie School District, General Electric’s (GE) philanthropic arm, the GE Foundation, will provide the system with an $8.6 million grant. According […]

Despite the fact that the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) were created to improve the quality of education students receive, there are still parents who believe that the new Standards will prove too challenging for their children. In a recent article that appeared in The Tennessean, former teacher and education writer Leanna Landsmann suggested that […]

Despite the fact that the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) were created to improve the quality of education students receive, there are still parents who believe that the new Standards will prove too challenging for their children. In a recent article that appeared in The Tennessean, former teacher and education writer Leanna Landsmann suggested that […]

In Maryland’s Frederick County Public Schools, Stanford Achievement Test (SAT-10) results provide evidence that the implementation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) may have something to do with better second-grade math scores, the Frederick News Post reported. Frederick County pre-kindergarten through second-grade students have already been introduced to the first phase of the new CCSS […]