The common-core math standards require that students learn the standard algorithm for multi-digit adding and subtracting—you know, the process in which you line the numbers up vertically to add or ...

The Common Core State Standards’ emphasis on conceptual understanding in math will improve students’ problem-solving skills and ultimately help prepare them for jobs of the future, argues a new report ...

In math, students extend their understanding of place value to the hundreds place. They use this to solve word problems, such as those involving length and other units of measure. Students add and ...

Under Common Core, it takes far too long for a teacher to show a student how to do simple addition, said Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. In 2013, the Texas Legislature passed a law prohibiting school ...

What’s the difference between New Math and Common Core math? Response from Nell W. McAnelly, associate director of LSU’s Cain Center for Scientific, Technological, Engineering and Mathematical ...

Under Common Core, parents are likely to see some unfamiliar terms on their children’s elementary-school math homework. Here are some examples drawn from New York state’s math curriculum: –Grade 2 ...

EdSource is conducting a series of interviews featuring educators’ experiences with the Common Core State Standards. For more information about the Common Core, check out our guide. Jason Zimba, 45, a ...

Three school math problems have thousands of people on Facebook and Reddit talking. The reason? Even though the students' answers appear to be totally correct, they were still marked wrong. Here's one ...

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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 ...