Districts are already making large financial investments into core programs. So why are they still buying more resources to ...

The Common Core's approach to math has proved among the most contentious aspects of the controversial national teaching standards. In short, the new methods for addition and multiplication — namely, ...

This week’s question is: What are the best strategies for teaching Common Core math to English language learners? I can speak from experience in saying that Common Core has not made it any easier to ...

The Common Core has come under fire by parents who say the new education standards make math needlessly complicated. Schools have adopted new ways of teaching subtraction and multiplication, and ...

A set of guidelines adopted by 45 states this year may turn children into "little mathematicians" who don't know how to do actual math. A few weeks ago, I wrote an article for TheAtlantic.com ...

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 ...

Accumulating research has established explicit mathematics instruction as an evidence-based teaching practice. This study utilized observation data from a multi-year efficacy trial to examine the ...

For most Class 12 students, Mathematics is the subject that decides their mood during board exams. Some enjoy the challenge, others feel the pressure .

EdSource · How one student got her middle school to change its name (rebroadcast) As parents across the state open the envelopes containing their children’s scores on the new Smarter Balanced ...

Common Core math is getting the works from critics: It's too demanding for most kids; holds back the speedy kids; not the same as what parents already know; makes kids cry. It even promotes "fuzzy ...