Heartland

A Common-Sense Approach to the Common Core Math Standards

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 ...
Heartland

A Common-Sense Approach to Common Core Math, Part IV: Making Connections, One Concept at a Time

During a course in math teaching methods I took in ed school, I watched a video of a teacher leading his students to do a variety of tasks, ostensibly to teach them about factoring trinomials, such as ...
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Some 15 Years After Disastrous Debut, Common Core Math Endures in Many States

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 ...
Education Week

Learn How to Teach Math Better, in Just 5 Weeks

We know the struggle with mathematics—for both teachers and students—all too well. Students’ math scores, as per the “Nation’s Report Card,” have plunged to record lows. Misconceptions in early grades ...
Raleigh News & Observer

Change is coming in how math is taught in NC schools. But will it make students care?

Kenny Felder, a math teacher at Raleigh Charter High School, explains repeating decimals to calculus students in February 2019. Julia Wall News & Observer file photo State education leaders want to ...