BUFFALO, NY- Teachers are implementing the new Common Core learning standards in English Language Arts and Math classes in Western New York and all across the country. The Common Core aims to teach ...

The common-core math standards require that students learn the standard algorithm for multi-digit adding and subtracting—you know, the process in which you line the numbers up vertically to add or ...

In math, children use addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to solve word problems. They tackle measurement of volume, mass and time. They learn more about fractions — creating equal ...

Math anxiety is a familiar feeling for parents of teenagers and middle school students, often settling in with their children's first algebra homework assignment. Now that dread of being unable to ...

The math standards issued by the Common Core State Standards Initiative have made life easier for innumerable teachers, and this compilation of common core multiplication strategies for 3rd and 4th ...

An Iowa woman jokingly calls it "Satan's handiwork.'' A California mom says she's broken down in tears. A Pennsylvania parent says it "makes my blood boil.'' What could be so horrible? Grade-school ...

A set of guidelines adopted by 45 states this year may turn children into "little mathematicians" who don't know how to do actual math. A few weeks ago, I wrote an article for TheAtlantic.com ...

The Common Core State Standards’ emphasis on conceptual understanding in math will improve students’ problem-solving skills and ultimately help prepare them for jobs of the future, argues a new report ...