Re: “Does more math in high school add up?” (Page B1, April 15): Most people agree that our children are falling behind the rest of the world, especially in the STEM subject areas. How can anyone ...

The June 17 edition of the Mercury News had an article on frustration with Common Core math (“A common frustration: Parents, forget what you know about math — Common Core is ‘absolutely insane’ ” Page ...

I appreciate it when our letter writers drill down into specifics and cite data to back up their opinions. But math can be tricky, and sometimes the numbers don’t add up. We do our best to double ...