The Common Core math standards have poured gasoline on the math “reform” fire that has raged for the past 20-plus years. This is particularly true since the national dialogue about Common Core has ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. If it is true that the Common Core state standards are a federal takeover, then how is it Missouri can simply vote them out? The ...

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 math ...

An article by Elizabeth Green (CEO of a nonprofit education news organization called Chalkbeat) that recently appeared in the New York Times magazine, attempts to explain why most Americans are bad at ...

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 ...

OHIO -- A Painesville, Ohio father showed his distaste for complicated math problem solving skills taught under Common Core standards by writing a check that no bank could possibly cash. Over at ...

Education in America is an evolving thing: After 14 years of No Child Left Behind, President Obama replaced the much-loathed, standardized, test-heavy law with one that allows states to set their own ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Back-to-school time is officially upon us, and by now everyone has seen a Common Core math problem that takes something simple ...

I am very concerned that the Common Core math being taught in school is not preparing the students for the situations they will need upon graduation. My college major was a BS in Mathematics and ...

Fifteen years after the calamitous rollout of the Common Core math standards, the once-derided strategy has proven its staying power, with many states holding onto the original plan or some close ...