Common Core math is getting the works from critics: It's too demanding for most kids; holds back the speedy kids; not the same as what parents already know; makes kids cry. It even promotes "fuzzy ...

This guest column was written by Craig McDonald, a former math teacher who is a grandparent of students in the MCCSC. I taught math for 12 years. As a student-teacher, I asked myself the question, ...

As a math educator, I often find myself in conversations with parents who tell me, "I was never good at math, so it's not surprising my son isn't good either." I've also spoken with teachers who tell ...

A former student sent me a copy of Ramsey Campbell’s column “Old math, New Math, how ’bout just plain phooey on math,” in the April 25 edition of the Lake Sentinel. Opinions are like noses — we all ...

When I was in ninth grade, my English teacher assigned selections from S.I. Hayakawa’s “Language in Thought and Action.” My friends and I were initially baffled by his concepts. Still, we eventually ...

Last month the Newport-Mesa Unified School District abandoned its plan to drop some accelerated math classes after a parental backlash that appeared to take some school officials by surprise. Prior to ...