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 ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. FLORISSANT • The 40 parents sat in child-sized chairs inside the library of Barrington Elementary School and watched intently as ...

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 ...

To understand why classrooms look so different today, it helps to trace how teaching methods have evolved. From the rise of “new math” to the renewed focus on phonics, the story of modern education is ...

The latest national test scores in reading, math and science reflect more of the same pattern in American education: Far too ...

Sue Hamilton of Carnegie Learning Inc. speaks about new Common Core math requirements during a family information night Wednesday at Batavia Middle School. Hamilton was among the speakers who helped ...

When elementary school students in the Greenwich school district walked into their classrooms at the beginning of this school year, they shared at least one experience -- all would be adapting to a ...

Lisa Holland's second-grade class at Columbian Elementary School models math problems with blocks and drawings during Go Math! instruction. Holland said the program's emphasis on striving for deeper ...

Here's the thing: The Common Core standards don't specify the use of curricula, textbooks, workbooks or lesson plans — let alone particular math problems. (See #6, below). But in order to teach to the ...