Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Though I’m not certain of this, I suspect that algebraic problem-solving teaches ...

Do you remember the days when 5+5=10? For parents who grew up in the ’80s and ’90s, it was that simple. But now, as many of us help our kids with their homework using the new Common Core math ...

A high school student is tutored in algebra. Tutors and teachers report that more students struggled in the course this academic year. Credit: Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post via Getty Images The ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP)-- Who needs algebra? That question muttered by many a frustrated student over the years has become a vigorous debate among American educators, sparked by a provocative new ...