Common Core math is getting the works from critics: It's too demanding for most kids; ... If your kids are asked to do something different, you may be up in arms. Reality of rules.

Common Core isn’t evil. Your child’s math homework isn’t stupid. The only thing ridiculous is how social media keeps perpetuating misinformation to the detriment of our children.

Both the math and English Common Core standards have their share of critics but it’s math that gets special condemnation, as the new problem worksheets land on kitchen tables across the country.

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A column supporting the way math is taught under Common Core standards prompted a debate ("Common Core math is not fuzzy"). Comments from Facebook are edited for clarity and grammar: Let's ...

Milgram co-authored a paper released last month that attacks Common Core math for not pushing kids enough in higher grades, ... Different experiences. Despite what experts or legislators say, ...

With Common Core, she said, the focus is on “conceptual understanding” — why something works — before learning, say, how to apply the FOIL (first, outside, inside, last) method to ...

The Basics: In high school, students use a deeper understanding of mathematics to solve real-world problems. While in elementary and middle school, the math skills children need to know are organiz… ...

That's a radically different approach than many parents are accustomed to. ... Some experts say Common Core promotes reform math, a teaching method that gained currency in the 1990s.

Indiana’s youngest students are learning math in a different way than their parents or even older siblings. That’s because the new Common Core academic standards have changed how teachers ...