WGRZ-TV, an NBC affiliate in Buffalo, N.Y., does a useful continuing series called Homework Helper that is designed to assist students and their parents to better understand schoolwork. The series ...

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It's impossible to step into a PTA or school board meeting without discussing Common Core ... a mathematician degree to help your first grader with her homework? While the majority of parents ...

Grade-school math. As schools around the U.S. implement national Common Core learning standards, parents trying to help their kids with math homework say that adding, subtracting, multiplying and ...

As a result, many parents say homework is far more complicated ... For Dummies” and the “Parents’ Guide to Common Core Arithmetic: How to Help Your Child.” Lindsay Schroedter has plowed ...

A television station in Buffalo, New York, is airing a series of Common Core homework help programs in honor of back-to-school week, and the time it takes to solve some pretty simple problems is ...

TOLEDO, OH (Toledo News Now) - Frustrated parents say they're struggling to help their children with homework ... learn tips and tricks for tackling Common Core. Kevin Milks says he spends ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Jennifer Craig stared at her daughter's fifth-grade math homework. It was a three ... than their parents did, due to Common Core State Standards, national K-12 math and reading ...

Common Core still means more homework time spent around the kitchen table, and frustration for students, and parents, who find themselves at a complete loss over how to help their children.

The parents in the room were drawn there by the shift to Common Core ... in a survey last year that they needed help understanding their children’s homework. So at “Parent U” workshops ...

Common Core math is mysterious for many parents — even those who are good with numbers Common Core math aims to teach students the reasons behind math formulas Seasoned parents urge others to ...

Recently, Region 8 News did a story called Common Core: Homework Headaches. The story focused on parents finding it hard to help their kids with homework because Common Core presents things in a ...