WESTERLY, R.I. -- Any adult who has tried to help a second-grader with homework has noticed math is not what it used to be. Now schools are unlocking the secrets of Common Core math for mystified ...

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10208079501134099&set=a.2320230334001.2140526.1496845642&type=1 It’s hard to write about the Common Core State Standards for ...

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 ...

Last year, only 34.5 percent of city students in grades 3 to 8 passed the math exams, and 29.4 percent passed in reading and writing. Overall, officials said, the scores inched up slightly from the ...

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It's been a familiar scene in Louisiana public schools for more than a decade, that point in fourth grade when students learn how fractions are related to decimals. Judy Milford is teaching the ...

Passage rates on new Common Core geometry exams dropped sharply in many school districts on Long Island and across the state when compared with results on older versions of the test, as New York State ...