Fifteen years after the calamitous rollout of the Common Core math standards, the once-derided strategy has proven its staying power, with many states holding onto the original plan or some close ...

HELENA – From Ekalaka to Kalispell, Montana schools are doing what they think is a good thing: Updating curricula, testing and instruction to meet new, tougher Common Core standards for reading and ...

America has plenty of talented people — but a UC San Diego study finds our schools are failing to educate them. And everyone ...

Tony Wood, the new head of the state's Department of Education, told a group of school superintendents last week that he expects the new standards known as Common Core, which are being implemented ...

After years of declining test scores, the Maine Department of Education is introducing a plan to bolster math and literacy ...

Here's the thing: The Common Core standards don't specify the use of curricula, textbooks, workbooks or lesson plans — let alone particular math problems. (See #6, below). But in order to teach to the ...

Lisa Holland's second-grade class at Columbian Elementary School models math problems with blocks and drawings during Go Math! instruction. Holland said the program's emphasis on striving for deeper ...

We know the struggle with mathematics—for both teachers and students—all too well. Students’ math scores, as per the “Nation’s Report Card,” have plunged to record lows. Misconceptions in early grades ...

Doug Herrmann wrote a check to his son's school using common core math. — -- One dad's frustration with his son's second grade math homework is going viral on Facebook after the dad posted a ...

DPI says the proposed new math standards will help make the courses more meaningful for students in life after high school.