This is another story in KPCC's ongoing series, Classroom Core, that takes a close look at how the Common Core teaching standards are playing out in schools in Southern California. Amid rows of chairs ...

One of the joys of being an educator is embracing all the differences every student brings to the classroom, while teaching them to celebrate those unique traits in themselves and each other. Yet, ...

I'M SO EXCITED YOU'RE TUNED IN TO CLASSROOM CONNECTION. THIS IS THE WORLD BEYOND THE CLASSROOM, WHERE WE CONNECT TO THE WORLD RIGHT AT HOME. WE GOT SOME MATH, WE GOT SOME READING, BUT ALSO WE GOT SOME ...

It’s a question that high school and middle school math teachers have heard many times. Some educators think it’s because math instruction is stuck in a rut. Procedural, boring and, in some cases, ...