Asbury Park PressLatest poll shows parents split on Common CoreAlabama's13.comBIRMINGHAM, AL - Common Core State Standards is an initiative that sets standards for grades K through 12 in English Language Arts and Mathematics. Forty-four states in the U.S. have adopted these standards – Alabama is one of them. “Everything that ...Common Core remains hot button election issueNews 12 Long IslandEducation hot topic in New York as election nearsNewsdayall 16 news articles »