This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American I spent last weekend the way I spend a lot of ...

Wake County has changed the way it teaches math to focus more on problem-solving skills instead of memorizing formulas, but some parents think the new approach is leaving students frustrated and ...

RALEIGH (WTVD) -- Parents are planning to march outside the Wake County School District Headquarters hoping education leaders hear their cries for change. Parents are upset over the recent ...

The Wake County school system will make changes to a controversial new high school math curriculum but says it will not drop the program despite the requests of some parents and students. The school ...

A Cary parent who is being sued for libel and slander for criticizing a controversial math curriculum that's being used in the Wake County Public School System has filed a countersuit against the Utah ...

Concerned about what they see as a dearth of instructional materials aligned with the Common Core State Standards in math, several educators in Utah, with support from the state office of education, ...

Students at Green Hope High School in Cary plan to walk out of school Wednesday morning to protest a math program they say is failing Wake County students. The Wake County Public School System ...

Imagine walking into a math classroom. Everything is quiet, students are diligently writing and reading and thinking. You hear the rustle of paper, scratching pens, and the occasional student shifting ...