A dozen parents gathered around veteran math educator Leanna Baker, moments before students show up for what is billed as a math “festival” for students at Allendale Elementary School in Oakland. “Do ...

Parenting is hard work in a million different ways, but if you would have told a pre-child me that one of those struggles would include third grade math, I'm pretty sure I would have laughed in your ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Remember the days when working a math problem resulted in a right or wrong answer, and parents had a basic grasp of how to help ...

William G. McCallum accepted an offer about five years ago to lead a team in developing the Common Core State Standards for mathematics. The Sydney, Australia-born mathematics professor, who has ...