Do you remember the days when 5+5=10? For parents who grew up in the '80s and '90s, it was that simple. But now, as many of us help our kids with their homework using the new Common Core math ...

Fifteen years after the calamitous rollout of the Common Core math standards, the once-derided strategy has proven its staying power, with many states holding onto the original plan or some close ...

Regarding Common Core math: My question is, why are they intentionally trying to confuse my children? Why this wasn't begun with a class of kindergartners and followed through with that way is beyond ...

I am very concerned that the Common Core math being taught in school is not preparing the students for the situations they will need upon graduation. My college major was a BS in Mathematics and ...

Susan Gilkerson, a math teacher and school bus driver, stood before a South Dakota education board and issued a warning. The proposed math standards the board was considering — just 36 pages, less ...

As a quick survey of mid- and late-twentieth century Math Wars will show, every stab at reform has had roughly the same aims. Common Core math is no different—it’s meant to make problem-solving ...

Today’s teaching methods prioritize creative problem-solving over traditional formulas and equations, but these changes may be critical for the next generation. A group of children work together on a ...

In “Do Sports Explain the ‘Math Gender Gap’?” (op-ed, Sept. 8), J.T. Young speculates whether “the way we teach math is somehow biased against girls.” A related issue is that recent teaching ...

(We’re a nonprofit. Your donation is tax-deductible and processed securely.) Susan Gilkerson, a math teacher and school bus driver, stood before a South Dakota education board and issued a warning.