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CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio – Melissa Strouth’s students had to plan a trip. Handed a budget and a series of cost estimates, her Algebra I students at Cleveland Heights High School had to convert currency ...

Under the Common Core standards, there are specific goals for each grade level. For example, the first grade math standards dictate that students understand addition and subtraction, whole number ...

, on one side were those who argued for a new focus on concepts and reasoning rather than drilling students on their times-tables. On the other were the traditionalists, who said the progressive ...

The Common Core education standards have been criticized for many reasons, not all of them legitimate. Among other things, Common Core is sometimes denounced for teaching students about Islam or ...

This post was originally posted on the Curriculum Matters blog. Earlier this week, Louisiana legislators approved a new set of academic standards to replace the Common Core State Standards, reports my ...

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