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 ...

The common core standards seem to be based on the discipline and logic of math without any awareness of years of research into how young children learn and how they develop. The most striking example ...

The common-core math standards are a major disappointment, Grant Wiggins writes. The common-core math standards are a major ... Print; Email Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Copy URL.

They implemented Common Core this year in our school system in Tennessee. I have a third grader who loved math and got A's in math until this year, where he struggles to get a C.

Besides content-area knowledge, the Common Core math standards include a list of eight skills that math teachers should integrate across the curriculum. What does teaching math look like under the ...

Teaching elementary school math just got trickier, or at least deeper. The new Common Core State Standards require students to demonstrate a deeper understanding of math concepts, which means teachers ...

She argues in the following post that the Common Core math standards — which have caused great consternation in many places around the country — are being misinterpreted. Here’s her argument ...

I recently posted a piece on the future of high school math education and the Common Core State Standards on math, which was the work of a coalition of mathematicians, statisticians, teachers and ...

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 ...