For example, the Common Core math standards say fifth-graders should ... has been largely overlooked. Why is that? The problem may be inherent in the very idea of standards, especially standards ...

While this question might seem easy to an adult, the new standards also require a different method of solving math problems - and proving you have the right answer. The Common Core was created in ...

But the way math was taught before Common Core was not always the only way. When the so-called "New Math" was introduced in the 1960s it was met with much of the same criticism Common Core is ...

Forty-one states, including California, have adopted the Common Core State Standards in math and English language arts. The standards describe the knowledge and skills that students should master by ...