Her daughter’s worksheet, which came from the New York Department of Education’s EngageNY lesson plan website and was emblazoned with “NY’s Common Core Mathematics Curriculum,” asks students to review ...

When Judy Schmid, a gym teacher at Jacobsville Elementary School in Pasadena, Md., teaches her students how to bowl, she has them score games manually, even though most modern bowling alleys have ...

Late last month, a frustrated father’s check to his son’s elementary school written using “Common Core numbers” garnered tens of thousands of likes and shares on Facebook reigniting years-old debates ...

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 ...

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A column supporting the way math is taught under Common Core standards prompted a debate ("Common Core math is not fuzzy"). Comments from Facebook are edited for clarity and grammar: Let's remember ...

There's a Common Core math assignment that's confusing parents more than the kids it is testing. An image — posted in Oct. 2015 — of a worksheet asking students to "use the repeated addition method" ...

Lately it seems like I come across the term "Common Core Math" almost daily. I hear it in conversations: "I don't like Common Core Math." I see it on Facebook: "Common Core Math - If you have 4 ...

Teacher Mark McKinley helps 3rd grader Madeline Lasher make a pentagonal prism using pipe cleaners and straws at Black Butte Elementary School in Shasta County. McKinley is enrolled in a program to ...

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