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16+ hour, 38+ min ago (193+ words) Math proficiency scandal shows need for standardized tests and folly of dumbing school down" (Nov. 30): Common Core Math was introduced in 2010. As a parent of a high school senior (and long ago UC ... Re "The UCSD lesson: Math proficiency scandal shows need for standardized tests and folly of dumbing school down" (Nov. 30): Common Core Math was introduced in 2010. As a parent of a high school senior (and long ago UC grad who did quite well at college calculus courses), I have seen the curriculum up close over the past 12 years. Some aspects, particularly in the early grades, do help illustrate the basic concepts very well. However, in later grades, the curriculum jumps week to week between algebra, geometry, trigonometry and calculus. Perhaps we should make sure arithmetic is the purview of elementary school, algebra and geometry get tackled in middle…...

18+ hour, 54+ min ago (441+ words) BALTIMORE, December 08, 2025--Kiddom and Illustrative Mathematics announce Kiddom IM v.360 Maryland, a new math curriculum built specifically for the Revised MCCRS for Mathematics. Oops, something went wrong Kiddom and Illustrative Mathematics" Launch Maryland Math Curriculum for 2026-27 K-12 Implementation Kiddom IM" v.360 Maryland fully aligns with the Revised Maryland College and Career Ready Standards (MCCRS) for Mathematics BALTIMORE, December 08, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kiddom, in partnership with Illustrative Mathematics (IM), today announced Kiddom IM v.360 Maryland, a new math curriculum built specifically for the Revised MCCRS for Mathematics for K-8 and Integrated Algebra. Launching for the 2026-27 school year, Kiddom IM v.360 Maryland supports the state's instructional vision to help every Maryland student master mathematical procedural skills, develop deep conceptual understandings, and apply those understandings to solve real-world problems. The K-12 curriculum, which is certified by IM, enables districts to smoothly transition to the revised standards while implementing a coherent, cohesive learning…...

20+ hour, 4+ min ago (849+ words) We've created a generation " parents and children alike " paralyzed by numerators without denominators. A single alarming number, stripped of all context, deployed to trigger fear and compliance. And it's working because we've lost the ability to ask the most basic question: compared with what? The problem is no longer theoretical. At University of California San Diego, one of America's highest-ranked public universities, 12.5% of incoming freshmen require remedial math courses covering elementary- and middle-school material. When asked to solve a simple equation, more than 80% of these students couldn't do it. About 20% couldn't even correctly count coins. The number of students needing remedial math jumped from 32 in fall 2020 to 921 in fall 2025 " a nearly 30-fold increase in five years. These are students who got into a selective university. They can't calculate denominators because they can't do basic math. Here's how this plays out:…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago (1240+ words) Proposed changes to North Carolina's math standards would shake up requirements for upperclassmen in the state's public high schools and emphasize real-world problem-solving in all grade levels. The changes are designed to make more advanced math seem more interesting and relevant to students' lives and to better set them up for their plans after high school. To do that, leaders want to give students the choice of their final two required math classes " picking from electives including Applied Statistics and Data Science, Applied Logic and Reasoning, and more. The revisions would eliminate two existing required classes " known simply as Math 3 and Math 4 " and require students to take the two electives instead. Math 3 covers advanced algebra and pre-calculus. And Math 4 is focused heavily on probability and statistics. Those topics would be covered in some of the new electives." With the proposed…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago (915+ words) SPRINGFIELD " Each year, the Illinois State Board of Education releases an annual report card with data showing how students are doing in the basic subjects of reading, writing and math. And each year when those numbers come out, reporters, teachers, parents and school officials sift through the data looking for evidence to show whether scores are improving, holding steady or getting worse. But one trend has been so consistent over the years, it rarely draws much public attention. Overall, students score lower in math than they do in English language arts. That was true on the 2025 report card, which showed only 38.4% of Illinois students overall scored proficient or better in math, compared to 52.4% in English language arts. Illinois students are not unique in that regard. Nationwide, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, also known as the "nation's report…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago (622+ words) No matter your business, you cannot stay still for any length of time or your competitors will scratch and claw all over you." That's how Home Depot co-founder Arthur Blank described life in... The Real Scandal Is That Schools Still Teach Algebra No matter your business, you cannot stay still for any length of time or your competitors will scratch and claw all over you." That's how Home Depot co-founder Arthur Blank described life in the real, ruthless world of commerce. Please contemplate Blank's dose of reality with all the pearl-clutching from the education-obsessed over a new study showing that one out of eight University of California, San Diego (UCSD) freshmen have math skills "that fall below middle-school level." According to an editorial in the Wall Street Journal that covered the recent analysis, California started down the slippery slope of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago (526+ words) Did you use this article in your work? We'd love to hear how The 74's reporting is helping educators, researchers, and policymakers. Tell us how Lindsey Henderson is the math policy director at ExcelinEd. She previously worked at the Utah State Board of Education as the secondary mathematics specialist. Dave Kung is director of programs at TPSE Math. He previously served as the director of policy at the Charles A. Dana Center at The University of Texas at Austin. By Lindsey Henderson & Dave Kung Our country is facing a math crisis, with students' scores on standardized assessments persistently stagnant or declining." When it comes to public policy, there are rarely any easy solutions, but there is one lever states can pull that will ensure more students have access to math courses that will improve their long-term success in life." Research has…...

2+ week, 22+ hour ago (683+ words) Martin Middle Makes Math Click with Core and Encore Math If you think math class still involves only worksheets and quiet focus, visiting a Core and Encore math class at Martin Middle will make you think again. Four years ago, the school decided to rethink the way math is taught. Instead of a traditional 45-minute period, students now have a 90-minute math block divided into two separate classes: Core Math and Encore Math. It looks, and sounds, different than a traditional math class setup. And that difference is exactly what's adding up to success. The classes are set up so that students first attend Core Math class, where new concepts are introduced. In that class, the foundation is built for each lesson and skill they will learn. Then, they move into their Encore Math class, where targeted instruction and flexible…...

2+ week, 22+ hour ago (1209+ words) When my kids get stuck on their math homework, I am of zero help. Not only because it's been decades since I used the algebra, geometry and calculus pounded into my brain. But also because how schools explain the concepts has changed drastically since I was a teenager. Ohio is again changing its recommendations for math education, in part to address pandemic learning loss. K-12 students' mathematics performance has declined over the past decade, according to the state. And a June report from the National Council on Teacher Quality rated Ohio "weak" on policies to strengthen elementary math instruction. Ohio is not putting the same kind of energy and resources into math that it has in its Science of Reading curriculum, but it has issued a 47-page plan with recommendations. The plan "recognizes that mathematics is an increasingly important factor in…...

3+ week, 22+ hour ago (393+ words) A public policy expert isn't surprised that California students' math skills are rapidly deteriorating. A new report from the University of California San Diego's Senate'Administration Working Group on Admissions finds a portion of its first-year students have math skills that are below the level of a middle schooler. In the fall of 2020, 32 students were in remedial math courses. That went up to 390 in 2022, and this year, 921 UC San Diego students are enrolled in remedial math courses. Lance Christensen, vice president of education policy and government affairs for California Policy Center, relays that other UCs are tracking similar trends, but UC San Diego's problem is significantly worse. "For far too long, our K-12 system, especially in California, has ignored the fundamental skills that are necessary for a student to become a competent citizen," Christensen tells AFN. "Numeracy and literacy are the two…...