Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fifteen years after the calamitous rollout of the Common Core math standards, the once-derided strategy has proven its staying ...

Model math standards produced by conservative education advocates helped spark a battle in South Dakota that could spread to other states.

The Common Core State Standards is a states-led effort to set grade-level benchmarks, or standards, in math and reading that will be consistent across states. Currently, 44 states and the District of ...

Here's the thing: The Common Core standards don't specify the use of curricula, textbooks, workbooks or lesson plans — let alone particular math problems. (See #6, below). But in order to teach to the ...

What is Common Core? For simplification, I will limit this discussion to Common Core math. I am a retired electrical engineer. My major in college was, of course, engineering with a minor in ...

The state Board of Education adopted the Common Core Standards for New Hampshire two years ago. Last week, Manchester school board members postponed a committee meeting at which Common Core would be ...