While schools may be teaching touch typing because of the Common Core tests, the ability to use a keyboard is an important life skill, said Cathy Turner, a technology teacher at an elementary school ...

Common Core began as an effort to raise education standards but, Gov. Bobby Jindal contends, has “morphed into a scheme to drive education curriculum from Washington, D.C.” largely through the tests ...

See Correction/Clarification at the end of this article. Student scores rose on Common Core tests, but focus might remain on number of students who didn't take the test. This year's release of ...

Dropping plans for Common Core tests would spark huge disruptions in Louisiana public schools, state Superintendent of Education John White said Monday. White told the Senate Finance Committee that he ...

STOCKPORT, Ohio -- Sixth-grader Kayla Hunter considers herself tech- savvy. She has a computer at home, unlike half her classmates at her elementary school. And it matches well with the one she'll use ...

Legislation on the horizon The state Department of Public Instruction adopted the Common Core State Standards in 2010. Although state law allows school districts to implement their own curriculum and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — No more sleeping in. With new backpacks, pens and pencils and clothes, millions of children are back in school or heading there after summer vacation. Many are excited, some are ...