Here's the deal with that weird 'Common Core math' check everyone's talking...
Ohio father Doug Hermann, frustrated by his son's math homework, posted an image on Facebook showing a check to his children's elementary school written out using "common core numbers":Herrmann appears...
View ArticleThe Common Core math quiz that has everyone outraged isn't about Common Core...
A bafflingly graded third-grade math quiz caused a firestorm on Reddit last week and has spread across the internet, causing several people to question Common Core math standards and the teacher's...
View ArticleA dad frustrated with Common Core wrote the best check to his kid's school
Doug Herrmann has a message for Melridge Elementary schools: You figure it out.Herrman recently posted a photo on Facebook of a check he wrote to the school in Painesville, Ohio, in which the dollar...
View ArticleHere's the deal with that weird 'Common Core math' check everyone's talking...
Ohio father Doug Hermann, frustrated by his son's math homework, posted an image on Facebook showing a check to his children's elementary school written out using "common core numbers":Herrmann appears...
View ArticleThis simple math question reveals everything that's wrong with traditional...
At a 92Y event moderated by Robert Krulwich, psychologist JoAnn Deak explains how traditional American schools narrow the way children think.This program was originally recorded at 92Y. Watch more:...
View ArticlePeople are up in arms over these Common Core math problems
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...
View ArticlePeople are up in arms over these Common Core math problems
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...
View ArticleWhy '5+5+5=15' is wrong under Common Core
Here's a "repeated addition" Common Core problem that's taught in third grade in US schools:Use the repeated-addition strategy to solve 5x3.If you answer the question with 5+5+5=15, you would be...
View ArticleThe Common Core math quiz that has everyone outraged isn't about Common Core...
A bafflingly graded third-grade math quiz caused a firestorm on Reddit last week and has spread across the internet, causing several people to question Common Core math standards and the teacher's...
View ArticleMassachusetts is making a change that could signal the beginning of the end...
The Massachusetts State Board of Education has voted to forego Common Core testing in favor of redesigning its own state exam, an influential move from a national education leader that may hasten the...
View ArticleWhy '5+5+5=15' is wrong under Common Core
Here's a "repeated addition" Common Core problem that's taught in third-grade in US schools.Use the repeated-addition strategy to solve 5x3. If you answer the question with 5+5+5=15, you would be...
View ArticleThese 5 education stories will dominate headlines in 2016
As 2015 comes to a close, it's becoming clear that certain education stories will heat up over the next year. From a revamped SAT exam to a Supreme Court case that may change college admissions, these...
View ArticleTrump slams America's schools and vows to kill one of the most controversial...
In a video he uploaded to Facebook on Tuesday, Donald Trump vowed to end the controversial nationwide education standards known as the Common Core."Common Core's a total disaster," he said. "We're...
View ArticleTrump slams America's schools in a rally: 'Some countries you’ve never even...
Donald Trump took a hit at what he described as America's failing education system in a rally on Friday."Common Core is out! It's out," he proclaimed, in a riff on the state of American education that...
View ArticleHere's where Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump stand on education
Education policy has largely been a second-tier issue in the 2016 presidential election.Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees, have focused their...
View ArticleHere's where Donald Trump stands on education
Education policy has largely been a second-tier issue in the 2016 presidential election.Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has focused his discussion mostly on issues like national security,...
View ArticleHere's where Hillary Clinton stands on education
Education policy has largely been a second-tier issue in the 2016 presidential election.Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has focused her discussion mostly on issues like the economy,...
View ArticleHere's where Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump stand on education
Education policy has largely been a second-tier issue in the 2016 presidential election.Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees, have focused their...
View ArticleHere's where Donald Trump stands on education
Donald Trump was elected 45th President of the United States of America early Wednesday morning, in what is being called one of the most stunning upsets in political history.Education policy was...
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