Syracuse, NY -- It's early afternoon at Syracuse's Huntington K-8 School, and teacher Colleen Brigati and her third-graders are hard at work. Brigati draws a cylinder on the blackboard. She labels it ...

As we're detailing this week, teachers and school leaders have a lot of work to do to adopt curricula aligned with the new Common Core State Standards. In the Internet era, the best resources should ...

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 stick ...

Kelsey Lucas, founder of Visualsey, is a contributor to The Daily Signal. “When you and I were in school, we used to just memorize 9 plus 6 equals 15. Not anymore. With the Common Core, students need ...

WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — Any adult who has tried to help a second-grader with homework has noticed math is not what it used to be. Now schools are unlocking the secrets of Common Core math for mystified ...

Normally, Sherry Geesaman wouldn’t be nervous. Normally, she’d flip open a plan book or a textbook and start riffing. That is, after all, what veteran educators do. And Geesaman’s been teaching for 20 ...

Common Core State Standards. Or as they are known here: Tennessee Standards. However it is written, the subject provides plenty of tension, and conversations about the subject are rife with ...

As states continue to draw lines in the sand about whether or not they have adopted the Common Core State Standards, there’s some evidence the new benchmarks have crept into classrooms in all ...

Common Core State Standards have been adopted by 45 states and the District of Columbia It grew from concern that U.S. needed to improve education to remain competitive in a global economy Standards ...