The most easily understood and usable recommendation in the recent report of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel calls for shorter, focused, and more coherent textbooks. It’s easy to understand ...

The state Board of Education will vote Wednesday whether to adopt new math textbooks and other materials aligned to the Common Core standards. Credit: iStockphoto.com Updated Jan. 15 2014: With little ...

(Editor's Note: This story has been altered. The original version of this story gave the wrong percentages for the students who passed the math portion of the WASL last spring.) Rick Burke remembers ...

The Palo Alto school board was split this week on whether to allow elementary school teachers to pilot a third mathematics curriculum, which teachers continue to be enthusiastic about despite an ...