Think of it as America's first national lesson plan -- coming soon to a public school near you. Lessons based on the nation's new Common Core standards are being taught in Long Island's classrooms on ...

Normally, Sherry Geesaman wouldn’t be nervous. Normally, she’d flip open a plan book or a textbook and start riffing. That is, after all, what veteran educators do. And Geesaman’s been teaching for 20 ...