Claim: As part of the Common Core curriculum, fourth-grade students have been assigned a worksheet directing them to describe a woman's reaction when she discovers another woman's hairclip in her bed.

It's exactly what critics of the Common Core school curriculum warned about: Partisan political statements masquerading as English lessons finding their way into elementary school classrooms ...

Passing the Common Core: Kindergarten By . Post Staff Report. Published April 3, 2016, ... Students use worksheets like this one to solidify the concept. Filed under. common core ...

The Common Core calls for cross-disciplinary teaching and the reinforcement of foundational English and math skills in not only core academic subjects, but in art, music, and gym as well.

The Common Core leaves the designation, approval, and use of textbooks, worksheets and assignments to local control; in most states, that means school districts and teachers.

The Common Core math standards were largely written by a physics professor working part time in his garage. ... who brought home a math worksheet labeled "Common Core," with a copyright date of 1999.

If there’s one thing that unites American parents, it’s an inability to make heads or tails of their kids’ math homework. If you’ve ever scratched your head over a Common Core worksheet ...

Hadley Danielson, a mother and tutor in Shelton, Wash., said, “My first reaction to a Common Core worksheet was repulsion. It’s ugly math. It doesn’t look pretty or easy.” ...

Common Core learning standards will be replaced with a new set of standards called ... respecting his or her heritage and integrating his or her perspectives in activities that organize ...

What is the furor about the "Common Core curriculum?" ... “Instructional materials” — textbooks, worksheets, online exercises — are used to support the curriculum.

“Math worksheets are not the standards, ... Also, even if the Legislature does pass a bill opting out of Common Core, as several other states have done, Governor Tomblin may well veto it.