Conservative critics of New Hampshire’s academic standards have an unlikely source of inspiration: Massachusetts.
Model standards produced by right-leaning education advocates helped spark a battle that could spread to other states ...
The effort follows earlier battles over social studies and could spread to other states reviewing academic standards.
Susan Gilkerson, a math teacher and school bus driver, stood before a South Dakota education board and issued a warning.  The ...
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Least common denominator (LCD) think about it

In this video I will explain how to identify the least common denominator between two fractions and then between two rational expressions. We will use the same technique and understanding of factors ...
The National Association of Scholars has pushed its model standards in social studies, science and English language arts. Now it’s set its sights on math.
Education news and commentary, delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 newsletter. Illustrative Mathematics was established in 2011 at the University of Arizona as a means to assist schools ...
In “Do Sports Explain the ‘Math Gender Gap’?” (op-ed, Sept. 8), J.T. Young speculates whether “the way we teach math is somehow biased against girls.” A related issue is that recent teaching ...
Education news and commentary, delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 newsletter. Fifteen years after the calamitous rollout of the Common Core math standards, the once-derided strategy has ...
After a contentious road to approve a new set of statewide guidelines on teaching students math, California officials must still figure out how to support school districts with implementation. The ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...