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 ...

Now that the school year is underway, many of us are settling back into routines. Early mornings, packed lunches, homework and afterschool activities are once again part of our daily lives. But if you ...

The overhaul of the standards that say what students in Georgia must learn about math began in earnest Friday as a handpicked group met in Atlanta to begin their discussions. Saying education is ...

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 ...

Math classes across Dorchester District Two (DD2) elementary schools feel different this year. The district has adopted a new math curriculum called Eureka Math Squared (EM2).

State education leaders are redesigning the math and reading standards used in North Carolina’s public schools at a time when some state lawmakers want to have more say on what’s taught. The State ...

The Maryland State Board of Education passed updates Tuesday to literacy and math standards for the first time in 15 years and held its annual election of officers during the first monthly meeting of ...

With educators on the lookout for instructional materials that fit the content and vision of the common-core standards, a new set of “publishers’ criteria” aims to influence decisions by both the ...

The latest draft of the state’s new math standards for kindergartners through 12th-graders will go online Monday on the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction’s Web site. The new standards ...

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 ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — Revisions to statewide standards for teaching health education and mathematics in South Dakota’s public schools received their first public hearing on Wednesday. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. State education leaders are redesigning the math and reading standards used in North Carolina’s public schools at a time when some ...