The Common Core has come under fire by parents who say the new education standards make math needlessly complicated. Schools have adopted new ways of teaching subtraction and multiplication, and ...

Forty-two states and the District of Columbia are now using the same math and English standards, but the tests they use to determine how well students have mastered them still vary significantly. One ...

Even though students in Connecticut, Wisconsin and Arizona are all learning the same thing, they’ll be measured differently. From Other Nonprofit Media showcases select work from other nonprofit news ...

ALBANY -- The state Education Department on Wednesday released 75 percent of questions from last April's Common Core-based tests for students in third through eighth grades. The release of the tests ...

The Common Core's approach to math has proved among the most contentious aspects of the controversial national teaching standards. In short, the new methods for addition and multiplication — namely, ...

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This post first appeared in Business Insider. The Common Core has come under fire by parents who say the new education standards make math needlessly complicated. Last week, the New York Times’ Motoko ...

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