Nick Storz is a government student at Patrick Henry College and an intern with the Center for Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation. John Schoof is a research associate at the Center for ...

An Iowa woman jokingly calls it "Satan's handiwork.'' A California mom says she's broken down in tears. A Pennsylvania parent says it "makes my blood boil.'' What could be so horrible? Grade-school ...

South Carolina has replaced the Common Core State Standards with a new set of K-12 math and language arts standards developed by an in-state team of educators, my colleague Andrew Ujifusa reported ...

Eighth-grade math is changing: Instead of emphasizing Algebra I where only some students thrive, many schools are placing all students in the same general class that covers several concepts. Common ...

I often hear from math educators that the common-core standards seem to cry out for moving away from the traditional Algebra 1-geometry-Algebra 2 sequence toward a more integrated approach to the ...

For the decade before the adoption of Common Core State Standards in 2010, the policy of the State Board of Education was to make Algebra I the standard course for 8 th-graders so they could progress ...

Re "The New Math: Three Concepts in Two Years; Common Core drives new look at math instruction," July 22 article: In 2008, the National Mathematics Advisory Panel recommended that schools prepare more ...

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 ...

A set of guidelines adopted by 45 states this year may turn children into "little mathematicians" who don't know how to do actual math. A few weeks ago, I wrote an article for TheAtlantic.com ...

With fewer questions and no time limits, this month’s Common Core tests in English Language Arts and math will still be a challenge for city students. It’s the fourth year of the statewide exams that ...

Why did the approach to mathematics change with Common Core, rather than providing more structure to how it was previously taught? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, ...

Last year, only 34.5 percent of city students in grades 3 to 8 passed the math exams, and 29.4 percent passed in reading and writing. Overall, officials said, the scores inched up slightly from the ...