Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The Springfield News-Sun has written extensively about Common Core standards since they were first introduced in 2010. Springfield City School District Superintendent David Estrop will testify before ...

All politics is local. So Republican politicians with national ambitions better pay attention to what grassroots parents are saying and doing about the federal education racket known as Common Core.

PITTSBURGH — With a growing number of Catholic-school educators and parents raising concerns about the Common Core education curriculum, Pittsburgh Bishop David Zubik penned a March 18 letter that ...

Donald Trump first said he would be "getting rid of Common Core" at a Republican primary debate in 2016. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos declared the Common Core was "dead" in 2018. But the federal ...

Although frustrated by a three-vote defeat of a bill to reconsider Common Core national education standards or related tests in 2013, former Kansas Board of Education member Walt Chappell is resolute: ...

As the father of children in New York public schools, comedian Louis CK has become a poster-parent for protest against Common Core. That's the new federally approved program of educational standards ...

It is difficult to pick up a newspaper or listen to a news broadcast nowadays that fails to mention the Common Core curriculum. Conservative and liberal pundits, alike, complain about it. Let’s ...

An Iowa woman jokingly calls it "Satan's handiwork.'' A California mom says she's broken down in tears. A Pennsylvania parent says it "makes my blood boil.'' What could be so horrible? Grade-school ...