DPI says not requiring Math 3 will give high school students more of a say in picking the math courses that interest them.

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The proposed new math standards would emphasize teaching students math skills through real-life problem-solving, thought to ...

North Carolina is working on a major overhaul of its math standards that state officials hope will better connect what ...

State education leaders are redesigning the math and reading standards used in North Carolina’s public schools at a time when some state lawmakers want to have more say on what’s taught. The State ...

DPI released draft K-12 math standards proposed to replace required Math 3. Students would keep Math 1 and Math 2, then choose two career-aligned courses. Draft adds Applied Statistics and Data ...

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Remember the Cold War? It raged between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. when I was but a kidling, but already was thawing. No longer did kids have to drill ducking beneath school desks in case of a nuclear ...

Mathematics is the ultimate scientific tool. For centuries it has been used to describe the forces of nature, from planetary motion to fluid dynamics. It helped unlock the secrets of DNA and unleashed ...

Across the country, parents are discovering that what their children bring home from school looks very little like what they once learned. It isn’t just math — reading lessons, writing expectations, ...