Patterns were mostly left out of the common-core math standards in the early grades (kindergarten and 1st grade) due to a lack of evidence that they helped children understand later math concepts.

"I feel confident that these new standards for math and English are rigorous, and I do think they will prepare students K-12 for excellence," Ailshie said. "I think people will be pleased.

Free-Range Kids. Government Standards Are Making 5-Year-Olds and Kindergarten Teachers Miserable "I'm retiring earlier than I had planned because I just can't be a part of this any longer." ...

Here's how you can help your kindergartner master the basics of math outside of the classroom. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.

And yet the new national English/language arts and math standards they are expected to meet are exactly the same. Under the Common Core State Standards, kindergartners will be challenged by new ...

As school districts across Washington integrate the new Common Core State Standards in reading and math into their curricula, some kindergarten teachers say the standards are squeezing out other ...

The district will use state math standards for all grades. And instructional materials will be streamlined to just two publishers: one for kindergarten through eighth grade and another for high ...

The revised, newly named math standards will be introduced in classrooms in the 2016-17 school year and will be fully in use in the state's approximately 1,100 public schools by the 2017-18 school ...

His chief of staff, Matt Jones, said "99.9 percent" of Georgia's math standards are derived from the Common Core. It will be a big task. There are more than 30 standards in kindergarten alone, ...

However, in today's kindergarten world, the list would also need to include writing, reading and math comprehension. When Cindy Coons first began teaching kindergarten at Cape Horn-Skye Elemen ...