Unpopular with parents (just Google for memes mocking Common Core), this curriculum created in 2009 was designed to give every state a universal set of standards to measure learning and comprehension.

Understanding the Common Core approach to math instruction has been especially challenging for parents, Frakes said. A frequent question she gets from parents is why teaching math based on Common Core ...

Common Core math puts a deep understanding of number sense (how numbers can be taken apart and put together) and place value at the core of instruction, along with visual representations and ...

Using Visual Storytelling to Teach Common Core ELA and Math. By Christopher Piehler; 08/17/15; Stacie Isenberg is the technology integration coach at Blairsville-Saltsburg School District (PA), which ...

Common Core math standards get slammed a lot. ... Some people are more visual and need a way to see all the moving parts. Some people are more literal and need a straight line.

When Common Core problems go viral, ... (an important visual tool in arithmetic and algebra) ... The goal of math classes should be to foster a deep-level understanding of the mechanisms that we ...

A bafflingly graded third-grade math quiz caused a firestorm on Reddit last week and has spread across the internet, causing several people to question Common Core math standards and the teacher's ...

A few weeks ago, a father posted a page from his son's supposed common-core math assignment on Facebook, claiming that despite his own degree in engineering, he could not solve the problem.

The Common Core's approach to math has proved among the most contentious aspects of the controversial national teaching standards. In short, the new methods for addition and multiplication ...

One goal of the Common Core math standards is to make American students better at applying math in real life — a skill that’s crucial for science and technology jobs, but one at which American ...

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; ...

As Ms. Moschkovich puts it in a published paper on language and the common core in math, “By learning to recognize how [English-learners] express mathematical ideas as they are learning English ...