Her daughter’s worksheet, which came from the New York Department of Education’s EngageNY lesson plan website and was emblazoned with “NY’s Common Core Mathematics Curriculum,” asks students to review ...

Late last month, a frustrated father’s check to his son’s elementary school written using “Common Core numbers” garnered tens of thousands of likes and shares on Facebook reigniting years-old debates ...

When Judy Schmid, a gym teacher at Jacobsville Elementary School in Pasadena, Md., teaches her students how to bowl, she has them score games manually, even though most modern bowling alleys have ...

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In math, kindergartners focus on learning numbers and what numbers represent, then learn about addition and subtraction. Students also identify and work with shapes. In English, students learn the ...

NEW YORK – Every Saturday morning at 10 a.m., Jason Zimba begins a math tutoring session for his two young daughters with the same ritual. His youngest, Claire, 4, draws on a worksheet while his ...

A column supporting the way math is taught under Common Core standards prompted a debate ("Common Core math is not fuzzy"). Comments from Facebook are edited for clarity and grammar: Let's remember ...

I am at that stage in life when I have more time to watch television and yet loathe nearly every bit of entertainment I see in prime time. Instead, I am watching the presidential debates, hoping for ...

Lately it seems like I come across the term "Common Core Math" almost daily. I hear it in conversations: "I don't like Common Core Math." I see it on Facebook: "Common Core Math - If you have 4 ...

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