Common Core math is mysterious for many parents — even those who are good with numbers Common Core math aims to teach students the reasons behind math formulas ...

Reliance on the computer to the detriment of critical thinking is another place where Common Core fails. Example, the student is shown a picture of a rectangle with dimensions of 8 units by 12 units.

Opponents contend Common Core includes inappropriate curriculum that is being forced on states. Florida adopted Common Core in the 2000s under Republican Gov. Jeb Bush, who was a strong proponent.

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I am also a math teacher of 7th and 8th grades, and am familiar with many of the Common Core aligned books in use. I don’t doubt Radley’s experiences with the books.

The Common Core State Standards are dead. Done. Finished. Authorities have told us so. Betsy DeVos delivered a brief eulogy at the American Enterprise Institute earlier this month. “And at the U ...

Lost in this anti-Common Core fervor is the fact that Common Core math drew on Georgia's own education standards. I am not sure whether the Georgia GOP used Photoshop or Vulcan mind meld to erase ...

The Common Core began, in part, as a response to the bipartisan No Child Left Behind Act of 2002, the sweeping federal mandate that required all schools to test students annually in reading and ...

Instead, Common Core math requires students to show how they reason their way to the right answer. As a result, many parents say homework is far more complicated than it used to be.

Maybe Common Core is a blessing in disguise, creating a groundswell of opposition to the nonsense of progressivist math. He lays out the traditionalist approach that future standards should embody.

For example, the Common Core math standards say fifth-graders should be able to add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators. There may be different ways to teach that, but there’s no ...