The Common Core State Standards’ emphasis on conceptual understanding in math will improve students’ problem-solving skills and ultimately help prepare them for jobs of the future, argues a new report ...

The common-core math standards require that students learn the standard algorithm for multi-digit adding and subtracting—you know, the process in which you line the numbers up vertically to add or ...

EdSource is conducting a series of interviews featuring educators’ experiences with the Common Core State Standards. For more information about the Common Core, check out our guide. Jason Zimba, 45, a ...

University of Florida provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation US. Math can’t catch a break. These days, people on both ends of the political spectrum are lining up to deride the ...

Three school math problems have thousands of people on Facebook and Reddit talking. The reason? Even though the students' answers appear to be totally correct, they were still marked wrong. Here's one ...

Math anxiety is a familiar feeling for parents of teenagers and middle school students, often settling in with their children's first algebra homework assignment. Now that dread of being unable to ...