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 ...

FLORISSANT • The 40 parents sat in child-sized chairs inside the library of Barrington Elementary School and watched intently as a fourth-grade teacher wrote a problem on the smartboard. Then she ...

I am very concerned that the Common Core math being taught in school is not preparing the students for the situations they will need upon graduation. My college major was a BS in Mathematics and ...

Common Core (CC) K–12 math and English standards are lingering, despite concerted efforts by concerned parents and taxpayers to remove them. It is like a house with an underwater mortgage: The United ...

AL.com’s Education Lab team is supported by individual donors and grants. Learn more about our work and sign up for our newsletter. Alabama Sen. Arthur Orr, R-Decatur, is backing a plan to improve ...

Alabama lawmakers are set to take a vote on a bill that supporters say will improve the state’s standing in math achievement in K-12 schools. The bill, called the Alabama Numeracy Act, is sponsored by ...

Oklahoma latest state to dump Common Core standards Local-control fans claim momentum; critics of the move say most states will stick with the standards ...

As states and districts begin the work of turning common academic standards into curriculum and instruction, educators searching for teaching resources are often finding that process frustrating and ...

The people who came up with the idea of the Common Core saw reading comprehension as a content-neutral set of skills, leading to massive confusion. The Common Core may be the most misunderstood ...

At the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, the painting “El Jaleo” —a canvas spanning 11 feet that features a flamenco dancer—is a popular starting point for getting students to spend time with ...