Education board strips Common Core math in favor of ‘simplified’ standards

Mathematics is a language. It is universal, structured and exact,” Vestal said. “Like any language, it has vocabulary, ...

State Board of Standards moves on from Common Core math

While this method was thought of as a way to better understand the concepts, the Department of Education wasn’t seeing the ...
Heartland

Common Core Math Standards Encourage Dubious ‘Inquiry-Based’ Approaches

Purveyors of the inquiry-based and student-centered math agenda, which has persisted for more than 20 years, argue traditionally taught math has never worked for the vast majority of the nation’s ...
Heartland

A Common-Sense Approach to the Common Core Math Standards

An article by Elizabeth Green (CEO of a nonprofit education news organization called Chalkbeat) that recently appeared in the New York Times magazine, attempts to explain why most Americans are bad at ...
Washington Monthly

Who was Behind the Common Core Math Standards, and Will They Survive?

NEW YORK – Every Saturday morning at 10 a.m., Jason Zimba begins a math tutoring session for his two young daughters with the same ritual. His youngest, Claire, 4, draws on a worksheet while his ...
Education Week

Common-Core Math Standards Put New Focus on English-Learners

When he began working the Common Core State Standards into his instruction three years ago, New York City middle school mathematics teacher Silvestre Arcos noticed that his English-language-learner ...
The Hechinger Report

In Texas, new math standards look a whole lot like Common Core

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. SAN ANTONIO — ...
The Daily Signal

Did Common Core Standards Contribute to Slide in Eighth-Grade Math Scores?

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 ...
Argus Leader

Common Core: Math standards prompt parents to push back

Rick Nath was tired of the emotional turmoil math homework was causing his daughter. She was struggling with a new approach to old subjects, and Nath found there were fewer things he understood and ...
EdSource

Common Core standards emphasize 'math that matters most'

We’ve heard it said that the standards demand a deeper understanding of math than many math teachers now have. In your travels, have you found this to be true? And what can be done? In the community ...
Education Week

Common Core Redoes the Math

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 ...