William G. McCallum accepted an offer about five years ago to lead a team in developing the Common Core State Standards for mathematics. The Sydney, Australia-born mathematics professor, who has ...

Let’s get started with today’s online chat, which focuses on the state of math standards around the country. With all of the talk about the need to boost students’ skills in math and science, many ...

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Georgia will be changing how students are taught math after a previous overhaul of learning “standards” that confused many parents. The Georgia Department of Education recruited teachers to rewrite ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The State Board of Education approves new math standards aimed at improving the state’s low math scores. Alabama ranked at the bottom, 52nd, in the nationwide NAEP assessment ...

NEW YORK – Every Saturday morning at 10 a.m., Jason Zimba begins a math tutoring session for his two young daughters with the same ritual. His youngest, Claire, 4, draws on a worksheet while his ...

Third grader Melina King demonstrates how she solved a math problem in front of her class at Fox Road Elementary School in North Raleigh on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. North Carolina is redesigning its ...