This article was originally published in New York Focus. New York school districts will soon begin revamping math instruction under a new law aimed at improving test scores — but the effort comes amid ...

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Defending reform math Several recent letter writers have asked some interesting questions about reform math. Here are some facts: Reform math is based on how math is taught in other countries that are ...

The changes are being driven by students’ lagging performance on international tests and mathematicians’ warnings that more than a decade of so-called reform math — critics call it fuzzy math — has ...

The Common Core math standards have poured gasoline on the math “reform” fire that has raged for the past 20-plus years. This is particularly true since the national dialogue about Common Core has ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Has your son or daughter brought home math problems that seem strange? Teacher emphasis on "reform math" may be the reason. My ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. State Superintendent Catherine Truitt wants elementary and middle schools to provide students with at least 60 minutes a day of ...

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