In math, students develop an understanding of fractions as numbers. They learn the concepts behind multiplication and division and apply problem-solving skills and strategies for multiplying and ...

Part 1 in a four-part series on reading in the Common Core era. The Common Core State Standards are changing what many kids read in school. They're standards, sure — not curriculum. Teachers and ...

The math standards issued by the Common Core State Standards Initiative have made life easier for innumerable teachers, and this compilation of common core multiplication strategies for 3rd and 4th ...

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Following is a post (first in a series on breaking down the Common Core ) from guest blogger Susan Weston, a Kentucky education consultant who often works with the Prichard Committee: For anyone ...

The third in our four-part series on reading in the Common Core era. Every set of academic standards has a soul. Yes, a soul. It's made of varied stuff: part research, part practice, part conviction ...

A new survey shows that most teachers are still gearing class reading assignments to students’ skill level, rather than--as the common-core standards envision--to their grade level. The report is ...

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Part 2 in a four-part series on reading in the Common Core era. Linnea Wolters was prepared to hate the Common Core State Standards. She taught fifth grade at a low-income school in Reno, Nev., where, ...