By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Education must be governed by standards to achieve the learning goals that all parents seek for their children, said...
Christine Armario, ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES (AP) — Results for some of the states that participated in Common Core-aligned testing for the first time...
KRISTEN WYATT, Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Students in 11 states and the District of Columbia will spend less time next year taking tests based on...
CHRISTINE ARMARIO, Associated Press SALLY HO, Associated Press NEW CUYAMA, Calif. (AP) — Nestled between mountains 60 miles from the nearest city, students at Cuyama Valley...
KIMBERLY HEFLING, AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Call this the year of the test. Or, at least the year of standardized test mania. Standardized test...
SALLY HO, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Federal funding could be at stake as Common Core testing problems continued in Nevada, Montana and North Dakota,...
(CBS News) – Common Core federal education standards are riling the conservative base, and as the 2016 Republican presidential field takes shape, the standards — seen by...
KIMBERLY HEFLING, AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democratic lawmakers are clawing to get their views heard as Congress moves ahead on revising the much-maligned...
Martha T. Moore, USA TODAY (USA Today)—It didn’t take long for Jeb Bush to find out what he’ll be debating with his fellow Republicans if...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander will likely become chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Though he has yet...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “We have a powerful potential in our youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices...
MELINDA DESLATTE, Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Obama administration, accusing it of illegally manipulating federal...
ERIK SCHELZIG, Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and two top Tennessee Republicans are meeting at an upscale Nashville hotel Wednesday...
