The Common Core's approach to math has proved among the most contentious aspects of the controversial national teaching standards. In short, the new methods for addition and multiplication — namely, ...

Students in some local elementary schools are learning a completely different way of doing multiplication. It’s a technique that many parents can’t understand. It’s called lattice multiplication. The ...

A new way to teach elementary school students multiplication is causing some controversy — but it may be easier than the method you probably learned in school. You probably learned multiplication ...

Five years ago, former Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley infamously said the state’s education system “sucks” as test scores in math sank near the bottom nationwide. In 2019, the scores did just that: The ...