Core Crash.

COMMON Core State Standards (Education); PUBLIC education reform; EDUCATIONAL change -- United States; EDUCATIONAL ideologies; NATIONAL educational standards; EDUCATIONAL standards -- United States; EDUCATION & politics -- United States

The article discusses U.S. educational standards known as the Common Core, focusing on experiences from Mississippi public schools in implementing the new standards. Topics include the social and political controversy on the impact of the standards, the goals of the program as improving upon previous reforms, and how implementation may be aided in ways such as helping administrators understand the new requirements.