Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fifteen years after the calamitous rollout of the Common Core math standards, the once-derided strategy has proven its staying ...

Here's the thing: The Common Core standards don't specify the use of curricula, textbooks, workbooks or lesson plans — let alone particular math problems. (See #6, below). But in order to teach to the ...

What is Common Core? For simplification, I will limit this discussion to Common Core math. I am a retired electrical engineer. My major in college was, of course, engineering with a minor in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illustrative Mathematics was established in 2011 at the University of Arizona as a means to assist schools in adopting the Common ...

The Common Core State Standards is a states-led effort to set grade-level benchmarks, or standards, in math and reading that will be consistent across states. Currently, 44 states and the District of ...

Model math standards produced by conservative education advocates helped spark a battle in South Dakota that could spread to other states.

The state Board of Education adopted the Common Core Standards for New Hampshire two years ago. Last week, Manchester school board members postponed a committee meeting at which Common Core would be ...

Susan Gilkerson, a math teacher and school bus driver, stood before a South Dakota education board and issued a warning. The proposed math standards the board was considering — just 36 pages, less ...