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

Common Core math puts a deep understanding of number sense (how numbers can be taken apart and put together) and place value at the core of instruction, along with visual representations and ...

For example, students who master facts rapidly are usually done first, and students who struggle usually need more time to master the math concepts.

[Read: How Children Learn to Write.] Common Core math procedures are much different because the teacher has become a facilitator. For example, there are eight mathematical practices, such as ...

The following are three examples of calculation strategies students might discover on their own if they were taught standard algorithms first and allowed to master them before moving on. Common Core ...

Disdain for "Common Core" math instruction and the requirement that students explain their answers crosses all manner of partisan boundaries. Unfortunately, it's dead wrong: explaining answers is ...

Sample Questions for the 2016 Common Core Regents exam in Algebra II The Regents exam in this subject is Common Core-aligned for the first time this year.

Common Core was baffling until I realized it was about teaching multiple ways of getting to the same answer. That's when the light bulb went off.

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 ...