Part 1 in a four-part series on reading in the Common Core era. The Common Core State Standards are changing what many kids read in school. They're standards, sure — not curriculum. Teachers and ...

Miguel Figueroa (R) and Diego Salazar (L) reading in Cheri Kuykendall's fourth-grade class during their independent reading time. Students had just done a close reading of a text; now they are able to ...

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Part 2 in a 4-part series on reading in the Common-Core era. Linnea Wolters was prepared to hate the Common Core State Standards. She taught fifth grade at a low-income school in Reno, Nevada where, ...