Zachary leads state in Common Core test results, East Baton Rouge lags behind

The Zachary Community School District led the state in the percentage of its students achieving “mastery” of subject matter in Common Core-aligned tests given last spring and was one of five school districts in the Baton Rouge metro area to cr

Merkel and East European Leaders Discuss Migrant Crisis in Brussels

BRUSSELS — Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany met here on Sunday with leaders of East European countries along the main migrant trail to affluent parts of Europe in a new push to bring some order to a chaotic flow of tens of thousands of peop

Educators in the Middle East Tackle the Common Core

USE THIS for MENA POST 1.jpg The United Arab Emirates might seem an unlikely place to find a conference on the U.S. Common Core State Standards. But Dubai is center stage Friday and Saturday for about 200 educators from the Middle East