“Who would draw a picture to divide 2/3 by 3/4?” asked Marina Ratner, a professor emerita of mathematics at the University of California at Berkeley, in a recent Wall Street Journal opinion piece.

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January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. Although the State Board of Education adopted new Common Core standards in math and ...

The Common Core State Standards is a new initiative that outlines literacy and mathematics expectations for K-12 schools across the country. iStock For all of their superficial similarities, the ...

Most of the states that first endorsed the Common Core academic standards are still using them in some form, despite continued debate over whether they are improving student performance in reading and ...