The Common Core State Standards in reading and math have generated lots of attention and controversy, but what do they look and sound like in a classroom? Michigan Radio's Sarah Alvarez offers a peek ...

While this method was thought of as a way to better understand the concepts, the Department of Education wasn’t seeing the ...

In math, students extend their understanding of place value to the hundreds place. They use this to solve word problems, such as those involving length and other units of measure. Students add and ...

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 ...

In early September, math teachers from across Kent County, Md., gathered for their first professional learning community meetings of the school year. Kris Hemstetter, a math and English/language arts ...

Math anxiety is a familiar feeling for parents of teenagers and middle school students, often settling in with their children's first algebra homework assignment. Now that dread of being unable to ...

“Let’s go over our math learning target for today,” said Christina Spontaneo, Love Elementary School teacher, to her fourth-grade class. “Say it with me – I can determine that a digit represents 10 ...

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Sean Nank is a math expert who is helping teachers to implement the Common Core standards. He’s a professor at the American College of Education, created in 2005 to provide online graduate programs ...