After a long and frustrating homework session with his 2nd grade son one day last school year, Jeff Severt dashed off a letter to the teacher. “I have a bachelor of science degree in electrical ...

In early September, math teachers from across Kent County, Md., gathered for their first professional learning community meetings of the school year. Kris Hemstetter, a math and English/language arts ...

Student work posted in an elementary school before the pandemic shows the “partial product” method of solving a multiplication problem, one of many methods students have learned with Common Core.

Note: this is part 4 of a ten-part series on the Common Core. For part three, see here. Building on my discussion of Common Core aligned materials yesterday, today I want to talk about Common Core ...

“Phil, you are the teacher today. Tell me how we start solving the problem 2/3 + 1/4?” asked Paul Baker, Jefferson Middle School teacher. “You create three parts,” said fifth-grader Phil Harris as he ...

Alabama lawmakers are set to take a vote on a bill that supporters say will improve the state’s standing in math achievement in K-12 schools. The bill, called the Alabama Numeracy Act, is sponsored by ...

In an opinion piece for 'Le Monde', university professor Nathalie Sayac bemoans that future common core mathematics programs will not meet the objective of restoring 'math for all'. The teaching of ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Governor Ron DeSantis has officially eliminated Florida's Common Core education standards and replaced it with B.E.S.T. B.E.S.T. stands for Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking ...

In “Do Sports Explain the ‘Math Gender Gap’?” (op-ed, Sept. 8), J.T. Young speculates whether “the way we teach math is somehow biased against girls.” A related issue is that recent teaching ...

A correction to an earlier version of this article has been appended to the end of the article. When Veera Sinha was a little girl in India, her father asked his kids to solve math puzzles in their ...