Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. From Kristen Stephens, associate professor in Duke University’s Program in Education: ...

Diane Ravitch, a well-known school choice opponent, has gotten something right: “The Common Core Costs Billions and Hurts Students.” The quote comes from the title of Ravitch’s recent New York Times ...

Jack Markell, the governor of Delaware, co-chaired the Common Core Standards Initiative. Over the past three years, 45 states have adopted the Common Core State Standards. These objectives were ...

With the noble and lofty goal of improving education in America, a group of educators and leaders in the education reform movement came together to develop a national set of standards in the hope that ...

In his column of May 18, Quin Hillyer continued to misinform Advocate readers. This time, the subject was the dreaded Common Core educational standards. Anyone reading Hillyer’s column couldn’t help ...