The College Fix

Common Core

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  Common Core Curriculum Higher Education New college entrance exam disavows Common Core, targets classical education

  Nathan Rubbelke •February 20, 2017

  An alternative to the ACT and SAT's push of STEM education.

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  Analysis Bias Common Core Most college students think America invented slavery, professor finds

  Kate Hardiman - University of Notre Dame •October 31, 2016

  'They are convinced that slavery was an American problem.'

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  Common Core K-12 Education Students are wising up to mandated standardized tests: They ultimately mean nothing to them

  Dave Huber - Associate Editor •September 4, 2016

  Students are refusing to take the tests or are deliberately doing poorly.

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  Common Core K-12 Education Legal Deadline looms for public input re: US DoE punishing schools for standardized testing ‘opt-outs’

  Dave Huber - Associate Editor •July 30, 2016

  Automatic 'lowest performance level' label if schools don't get 95% of students to take tests.

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  Common Core Curriculum K-12 Education Common Core is pushing morality discussions out of the classroom, teacher claims

  College Fix Staff •July 26, 2016

  It's probably also a factor in declining religiosity among youth, he says.

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  Common Core K-12 Education Former Ed. Sec. Arne Duncan: Chicago youth ‘marginalized’ by lack of top-down education strategy

  Dave Huber - Associate Editor •July 9, 2016

  Common Core a 'major step in right direction,' he says.