Education Week – Liana Heitin
“The Common Core State Standards’ emphasis on conceptual understanding in math will improve students’ problem-solving skills and ultimately help prepare them for jobs of the future, argues a new report by the Center for American Progress, a Washington-based think tank. Math instruction in the United States has traditionally focused on algorithms and procedures, explain Catherine Brown and Max Marchitello, the authors of the report. Under the common core, students spend more time learning the underlying math concepts and how to apply them.”(more)