The Common Core State Standards have vaulted into the national consciousness lately thanks to some high-profile dissenters, like Louis C.K. ("Kids teachers parents are vocally suffering.") and Stephen ...

This April 15, 2008 file photo shows Idaho state superintendent of schools, Tom Luna, visiting Coeur d'Alene High School as students take the Idaho Standard Achievement Test in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

INDIANAPOLIS | State lawmakers spent nearly seven hours last week listening to expert and public testimony concerning Indiana's use of Common Core educational standards. Indiana made Common Core its ...

Common Core is one thing. The National Assessment of Educational Progress is another. In her defense of the Common Core standards, State Superintendent Kirsten Baesler says they're the right choice ...