Long a staple of the high school curriculum, the mathematics-course sequence of Algebra 1, geometry, and Algebra 2 is facing a budding challenge as schools transition to the Common Core State ...

The Common Core State Standards are dead. Done. Finished. Authorities have told us so. Betsy DeVos delivered a brief eulogy at the American Enterprise Institute earlier this month. “And at the U.S.

, on one side were those who argued for a new focus on concepts and reasoning rather than drilling students on their times-tables. On the other were the traditionalists, who said the progressive ...

Earlier this week, Louisiana legislators approved a new set of academic standards to replace the Common Core State Standards, reports my colleague Daarel Burnette II. Louisiana initially adopted the ...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Heather Sparks, Oklahoma’s 2009 Teacher of the Year, teaches eighth grade math. In her classroom at Taft Junior High School, students gather at round tables to mold chunks of play ...