“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 ...

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.

For five years, a San Francisco foundation funded, and a research organization closely monitored, a collaboration by 10 California districts to raise achievement under the Common Core math standards.

A new group billing itself as a “Consumer Reports for school materials” will soon begin posting free online reviews of major textbooks and curricula that purport to be aligned to the Common Core State ...

Wake County has changed the way it teaches math to focus more on problem-solving skills instead of memorizing formulas, but some parents think the new approach is leaving students frustrated and ...

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 ...