Common Core math has sparked a great deal of contention across the country in the past few years. It has its supporters, those who say that it teaches students to better understand mathematical ...

A few weeks ago, a self-described “frustrated father” posted a page from his son’s supposed common-core math assignment on Facebook, claiming that despite his own degree in engineering, he could not ...

Math educators walking through the enormous exhibit hall last week at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics meeting in Denver couldn’t help but notice a “common” theme. With so much talk in ...

Students in kindergarten through eighth grade will learn math according to revised state standards beginning in 2018, if the State Board of Education approves the new guidelines Thursday as expected.

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 ...

The factors of \({6}\) are \({1}\), \({2}\), \({3}\) and \({6}\). The factors of \({10}\) are \({1}\), \({2}\), \({5}\) and \({10}\).

A column supporting the way math is taught under Common Core standards prompted a debate ("Common Core math is not fuzzy"). Comments from Facebook are edited for clarity and grammar: Let's remember ...

The most visible symbols of the nation’s long-criticized, mile-wide, inch-deep traditional math standards are the 15-pound textbooks that students have been hauling back and forth from school for ...

Factors are numbers that divide exactly into a number. They are the multiplication “facts” of the number. A common factor is a factor that is shared by two or more numbers. The number 1 will be a ...