States experiment with common education standards

Forty-two states are committed to teaching children according to a single set of new standards, and many class lessons are changing already, reports the New York Times. This is a key development in the education of our kids.…

Critique of “common core” education standards

The “common core standards,” an effort by the states to coordinate their school curriculums, needs a greater emphasis on interdisciplinary education and citizenship, according to a piece in Education Week.

“Their near-total silence on the role of education in…