Susan Gilkerson, a math teacher and school bus driver, stood before a South Dakota education board and issued a warning. The proposed math standards the board was considering — just 36 pages, less ...

This story about math standards was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Susan Gilkerson, a math teacher and ...

At New America, our work spans across five issue areas—each essential to building a nation and a world where everyone can thrive. Future-Proofing U.S. Nuclear Policy: Forecasting Outcomes of the ...

A new report from the University of California, San Diego has ignited a viral conversation on social media, because it demonstrates the alarming lack of preparation among incoming freshmen for college ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illustrative Mathematics was established in 2011 at the University of Arizona as a means to assist schools in adopting the Common ...

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 ...

(The Center Square) – The latest national test scores in reading, math and science reflect more of the same pattern in American education: Far too many students are underperforming. In fact, in some ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fifteen years after the calamitous rollout of the Common Core math standards, the once-derided strategy has proven its staying ...

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I enjoyed reading your recent discussion with Alex Baron, “How Much Autonomy Should Teachers Have Over Instructional Materials? ” In particular, I was struck by your skepticism about whether ...