The Common Core State Standards teach students the algorithm for multi-digit addition and subtraction in 4th grade. But some experts say it should be taught sooner.

The Common Core State Standards' emphasis on conceptual understanding in math will improve students' problem-solving skills and ultimately help prepare them for jobs of the future, argues a new ...

There's a Common Core math assignment that's confusing parents more than the kids it is testing. An image — posted in Oct. 2015 — of a worksheet asking students to "use the repeated addition ...

The parents in the room were drawn there by the shift to Common Core, the national English and math benchmarks that have left many parents feeling flustered by elementary school worksheets.

Controversy is swirling about the new Common Core national standards, which are designed to transform K-12 education in English language arts and math.

If a school permits, students who began their algebra coursework in September 2013 can take the old Algebra 2/Trigonometry exam in addition to the new Common Core Regents exam in Algebra II.

Some say the new Common Core math standards are too easy. Others say they're too hard or too focused on ideas rather than correct answers. Whatever they are, they're in full effect in California ...

The Common Core Challenge Teacher collaboration leads to Common Core math success Fifty-seven school districts in California have passed resolutions to protect immigrants.

A set of guidelines adopted by 45 states this year may turn children into "little mathematicians" who don't know how to do actual math.

Why is the problem so difficult? We asked a couple of the lead writers of the Common Core math standards, Jason Zimba and William McCallum.

Under Common Core, it takes far too long for a teacher to show a student how to do simple addition, said Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. In 2013, the Texas Legislature passed a law prohibiting school ...