The math standards issued by the Common Core State Standards Initiative have made life easier for innumerable teachers, and this compilation of common core multiplication strategies for 3rd and 4th ...

A set of guidelines adopted by 45 states this year may turn children into "little mathematicians" who don't know how to do actual math. A few weeks ago, I wrote an article for TheAtlantic.com ...

The common-core math standards require that students learn the standard algorithm for multi-digit adding and subtracting—you know, the process in which you line the numbers up vertically to add or ...

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, on one side were those who argued for a new focus on concepts and reasoning rather than drilling students on their times-tables. On the other were the traditionalists, who said the progressive ...

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January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. Although the State Board of Education adopted new Common Core standards in math and ...

All the common core multiplication strategies for 3rd and 4th graders that have been enlisted above can be used for fourth grade as well, therefore we have not mentioned them again. They can be molded ...