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 ...

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 ...

DPI released draft K-12 math standards proposed to replace required Math 3. Students would keep Math 1 and Math 2, then choose two career-aligned courses. Draft adds Applied Statistics and Data ...

The effort follows earlier battles over social studies and could spread to other states reviewing academic standards.

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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 ...

In regard to “States Adopt Standards at Fast Clip” (July 14, 2010): It seems that the Common Core State Standards Initiative’s focus on content is an exercise in smoke and mirrors. In the project’s ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. North Carolina is overhauling its math standards, with major changes potentially coming to the courses students take in high ...

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 ...