In math, students learn the concept of rates and ratios and use these tools to solve word problems. Students work on dividing multi-digit whole numbers and adding, subtracting, multiplying, and ...

An in-depth discussion of Common Core standards, how to implement them in the classroom and how to evaluate student performance. Divided up by grade level and subject. An in-depth discussion of Common ...

The Common Core, the set of federal educational guidelines being implemented in schools across the country, is attracting a lot of ire. For years, teachers have complained that Common Core will ...

As you may know by now, Indiana is experiencing some education turmoil. My colleague Andrew Ujifusa of State EdWatch described the situation as “a mixture of fierce education policy fights, governance ...

Some say the new Common Core math standards are too easy. Others say they're too hard or too focused on ideas rather than correct answers. Whatever they are, they're in full effect in California ...

Under the Common Core State Standards, Algebra 1 is a much tougher course than what was taught previously in most states, teachers and standards experts say, in part because many of the concepts that ...

Teaching elementary school math just got trickier, or at least deeper. The new Common Core State Standards require students to demonstrate a deeper understanding of math concepts, which means teachers ...