A correction to an earlier version of this article has been appended to the end of the article. When Veera Sinha was a little girl in India, her father asked his kids to solve math puzzles in their ...

The Common Core State Standards have vaulted into the national consciousness lately thanks to some high-profile dissenters, like Louis C.K. ("Kids teachers parents are vocally suffering.") and Stephen ...

Schools around the country are holding math nights, sending letters home, and posting videos on their websites to teach parents about the Common Core State Standards for mathematics, which require ...

There has been much Sturm und Drang about the Common Core in recent months, but it looks to me as though the Common Core, in most states, is safe for the time being. Its name may be changed in some ...

A file image of students working in a classroom at East Chapel Hill High School in 2012. The new Common Core standards have been met with growing criticism from many state leaders, teachers and ...

Common Core. For many parents, it’s become their homework nemesis. Meanwhile, the new educational standards are being tossed around like a political football. Love it or hate it, Common Core is a fact ...