Math problem "Double Down Again," a third-grade math activity aligned with the Common Core standards: Johnny and Hua were walking to school one day when they saw two teachers each walking with two ...

The Common Core math standards have poured gasoline on the math “reform” fire that has raged for the past 20-plus years. This is particularly true since the national dialogue about Common Core has ...

They called the Common Core State Standards an "auspicious advance in mathematics education." Of course, the core will do best if parents can support their children in reaching these higher goals.

The common-core math standards are a major disappointment, Grant Wiggins writes. Leadership ... College & Workforce Readiness Opinion Why 10th Grade Should Be the New Senior Year.

Common Core State Standards, a set of requirements for what elementary and secondary school children should know in each grade in math and English, have been said to establish “rigorous” and ...

The push to nationalize the content taught in public schools across the country should be of great concern to state leaders. The Common Core national standards effort represents a massive federal ...

Moreover, a report from ACT suggested many teachers in early elementary school and in fourth-seventh grade report feeling the need to teach math topics Common Core Standards omitted, or teach ...

For three days this week, math teachers from three Connecticut school districts have worked with UConn faculty members and graduate students to develop skills and resources to enable them to meet ...

Greta Anderson, a 5th grade math teacher at New Orleans’ Dibert elementary school, has helped her peers adjust to the new Common Core curricular standards. (Photo: FirstLine schools) Gojak chuckles ...

About Common Core. In a nutshell, Common Core Standards for Mathematics emphasize the importance of building conceptual understanding before requiring students to memorize facts.

When he began working the Common Core State Standards into his instruction three years ago, New York City middle school mathematics teacher Silvestre Arcos noticed that his English-language ...