The common standards for math put a heavy emphasis on coherent instruction, prompting efforts to familiarize teachers with standards for grade levels beyond their own.

The one thing they are all doing is working toward meeting the 1st grade Common Core standards. Students actively develop a sense of inquiry as they use language to learn about their world.

Teachers are reaching out to build support among bewildered parents for the Common Core standards being implemented in thousands of California classrooms.

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 ...

They drop essential math content such as converting fractions to decimals, and they delay algebra until high school, whereas high-achieving countries and states expect students to do algebra in grade ...

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.

Fifteen years after the calamitous rollout of the Common Core math standards, the once-derided strategy has proven its ...

Common Core, a national set of education standards, pushes students to understand math on a deeper level, digging into the reasoning behind an equation. Proponents say it will increase the rigor ...

Whether Common Core itself is responsible for the homework headaches is a contentious issue. Some experts say Common Core promotes reform math, a teaching method that gained currency in the 1990s.

The Common Core expects students to learn to make sense of a problem, critique the reasoning behind it, apply the math to real-life situations, and establish patterns.

In high school, students use a deeper understanding of mathematics to solve real-world problems. While in elementary and middle school, the math skills children need to know are organized by grade ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- The New York State Common Core math test will be given to third to eighth grade students across the state this week. Syracuse.com is asking readers if they can answer math ...