One aspect of culture is a commonly held set of beliefs and norms that guides the practices of a group. At a broad/national level, the culture of mathematics teaching can be characterized as both an ...

Under Common Core’s math standards, the tried-and-true standard algorithms (step-by-step operational methods) for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division were de-emphasized while ...

Common Core math is mysterious for many parents — even those who ... But Kaminski said the math problems her son brought home from third grade at Kyrene de la Estrella Elementary were anything ...

The battle around Common Core is nothing new, even though the state board of education passed a resolution in 2013 officially backing out of their 2009 agreement to adopt the Common Core.

Moreover, a report from ACT suggested many teachers in early elementary school and in fourth-seventh grade report feeling the need to teach math topics Common Core Standards omitted, or teach ...

In Common Core, math students are asked to look at numbers and think about the amounts they represent. For instance, 100 can be thought of as 100 ones, or a bundle of 10 units of 10, or “10 tens.” ...

He noted that some academic expectations — learn multiplication in third grade, for example — are near universal but said Florida’s new standards read very differently than Common Core.

The controversial Common Core is no more, at least where math is concerned, according to Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey. The state school board today voted 5 to 3 to approve a new math course of study for ...

I know it's supposed to be a better way of learning, but I don't like Common Core math because it's hard to understand — so I can't help my daughter.

Palm Beach County math books were adopted before the arrival of Florida’s version of the Common Core, and now it appears they will outlive those academic standards. In the wake of Gov. Ron ...

Common Core, a national set of educational standards adopted in 2010, established reading and math benchmarks that children must reach from kindergarten through 12th grade.

Even the Fordham Institute – a Common Core supporter – analysis gives Common Core ELA and math B+ and A- respectively, while the previous California standards get a straight A in both. >> “The content ...