Brandy Frakes, an elementary school teacher at the Aspire University Charter School in Modesto, is tackling one of the greatest challenges facing educators: building support among bewildered parents ...

The Common Core, the set of federal educational guidelines being implemented in schools across the country, is attracting a lot of ire. For years, teachers have complained that Common Core will ...

As part of a continuing discussion on the myths and truths surrounding Common Core, this piece studies the standards’ math guidelines, and addresses pertinent questions and concerns regarding the ...

Lynne Munson has served as president and executive director of the non-profit Common Core, Inc. since its founding in 2007. Common Core, Inc. is an advocate for the liberal arts and sciences education ...

EdSource is conducting a series of interviews featuring educators’ experiences with the Common Core State Standards. For more information about the Common Core, check out our guide. Jason Zimba, 45, a ...

Mackenzie Geiger explains her thinking to Cameron Tormone on a math problem in Dana Snapp's class at Fuquay-Varina Elementary School. Students there have been using Common Core Math for the past four ...

Although Common Core State Standards were adopted in Massachusetts in 2010, the topic is still a lightning rod for impassioned critique and opinion. There is even an initiative, “End Common Core MA,” ...

Mackenzie Geiger, left, explains her thinking to Cameron Tormone on a math problem in Dana Snapp's class at Fuquay-Varina Elementary School. Students there have been using Common Core Math for the ...

“I hate the Common Core,” the mother of two complained when I told her I write about education. “What, specifically, do you hate?” I asked. “The math. It makes no sense! I can’t help my kid with his ...

Common Core math is getting the works from critics: It's too demanding for most kids; holds back the speedy kids; not the same as what parents already know; makes kids cry. It even promotes "fuzzy ...

Recently, Nebraska—one of the four states that never adopted the Common Core State Standards—settled on a new set of K-12 math standards. Over the last few years, we’ve seen a few states, including ...

“A royal mess.” This is how California middle-school math teacher Barry Garelick describes math education today, especially under the Common Core national standards. In his book, Math Education in the ...