A version of this article appeared in the September 28, 2011 edition of Education Week as The Common-Core Math Standards: They Don’t Add Up. Common-Core Commentaries. Open image caption.

So the Common Core math standards tackle fewer topics, and also move students more slowly through arithmetic, subtraction, multiplication and the other operations that build up to more complex ...

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

Concerned Parent 10 years ago 10 years ago. I believe that in California in year 2014-2015 there has been a decline in math as being taught to all children. I believe the schools have decided to let ...

When Zimba was first hired to help write a new set of K-12 math standards in 2009, the groups behind the Common Core — including representatives from 48 states — set very ambitious goals.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Common Core math is getting the works from critics: It's too demanding for most kids; holds back the speedy kids; not the same as what parents already know; makes kids cry. It even promotes "fuzzy ...

Common Core math standards add up to big money for education companies by Sarah Carr September 15, 2014 October 21, 2020. ... The vendor sold laminated placards with Common Core standards written on ...