BOSTON -- Common Core appeared in Massachusetts classrooms more than four years ago as schools began retraining teachers, buying new books and revising their curricula around the new national ...

BOSTON (AP-WWLP) — The highest court in Massachusetts has ruled that a referendum seeking to end the use of Common Core educational standards in the state cannot be included on the November ballot.

Could you pass a Common Core English or Math exam? Students across the state are opting out of taking standardized testing. If you want to give it a shot, you can visit the Common Core website. But ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Volunteers were collecting signatures on Friday to put Common Core Testing on the November ballot. Their goal is to end standardized testing across Massachusetts.

The Common Core debate rolls merrily along. It’s made the occasional appearance in the contest for the GOP nomination — popping up occasionally between new Trumpisms and debate postmortems — and as ...