After a long and frustrating homework session with his 2nd grade son one day last school year, Jeff Severt dashed off a letter to the teacher. “I have a bachelor of science degree in electrical ...

EdSource · How one student became a powerful voice for others with disabilities Nank was appointed to represent the United States as a mathematics assessment expert at the 2012 International Congress ...

Do you remember the days when 5+5=10? For parents who grew up in the ’80s and ’90s, it was that simple. But now, as many of us help our kids with their homework using the new Common Core math ...

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 ...

EdSource · Hot classrooms, leaky roofs — one student’s fight for better school facilities Fifth-grade math teacher Wei Zhang moves her hands in small circles with her palms up, coaxing her students to ...

In early September, math teachers from across Kent County, Md., gathered for their first professional learning community meetings of the school year. Kris Hemstetter, a math and English/language arts ...

“A royal mess.” This is how California middle-school math teacher Barry Garelick describes math education today, especially under the Common Core national standards. In his book, Math Education in the ...

What is the Common Core? To opponents, it's an invasive national curriculum that brainwashes kids — or at least confuses them to the point of tears. To supporters, the Common Core State Standards ...

The following are three examples of calculation strategies students might discover on their own if they were taught standard algorithms first and allowed to master them before moving on. The ...

The seventh-grade boy looked down at his blank work sheet, unsure how to begin solving the multistep algebraic equation that the teacher had written on the white board. After a moment’s hesitation, he ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The Florida Department of Education announced Friday the state has rejected more than 50 math textbooks from next school year's curriculum, citing references to critical race ...