MIDDLETOWN, Del. (AP) – Remembering the plot of a short story is no longer good enough in teacher Amy Lawson’s fifth-grade classroom. Today’s students are being asked to think more critically. For ...

Editor’s note: This is the second in a periodic series on the new Common Core academic standards in English/language arts and math that the Aiken County School District and others throughout the state ...

In Response to Michael Barnes' Where I Stand, "Opting Your Child Out of Common Core Testing," March 10 in The News-Times: Since when does raising expectations equal a bad thing? Perhaps it's because I ...

I recently received an email from an educator friend, asking me to briefly describe the skills necessary for critical thinking. They were happy to fill in the blanks themselves from outside reading ...