Understanding the Common Core approach to math instruction has been especially challenging for parents, Frakes said. A frequent question she gets from parents is why teaching math based on Common Core ...

But the way math was taught before Common Core was not always the only way. When the so-called "New Math" was introduced in the 1960s it was met with much of the same criticism Common Core is ...

For example, the Common Core math standards say fifth-graders should ... most educators interpreted it to mean students simply needed to learn some new skills: connecting claims to evidence ...

Forty-one states, including California, have adopted the Common Core State Standards in math and English language arts ... are adequately prepared to take the new assessments. EdSource · This ...

Now, less than four years after the Benchmarking for Success report was finished, Common Core State Standards in Math and English Language Arts have been adopted by 45 states and the District of ...

The adoption of new and rigorous college and career ready standards creates an historic ... purpose, and audience.” Likewise, the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics require students to ...

An initiative aimed at raising student achievement doesn't give students enough practice with foundational skills, some say.