Stephanie Furlong's oldest son, a 10th-grader at Santa Monica High School, took an accelerated math track in middle school. Her next child, an eighth-grader at John Adams Middle School, has taken the ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- With the adoption New York state's tougher Common Core Learning Standards in English Language Arts (ELA), literacy and mathematics in 2013, the state began administering ...

A state decision four years ago created a shift in the way the Erie School District teaches mathematics and English. The district wasn't sure how it was going to change its math curriculum to meet the ...

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 math ...

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How would you fare on the new Common Core standardized tests that have generated so much debate and so many low scores? Find out by taking the math quiz below: It is made up of real questions from the ...