To an outsider, this looks like an unusual lesson. Fifth-graders at Harbor View Elementary School in Newport Beach are sketching rectangles to parse a story problem involving mangoes and fruit cups.

Swun uses workbooks instead of textbooks. But parents have urged trustees to look at other Common Core-based math materials, saying Swun Math is filled with errors. Last year, a dump truck with a red ...

The Dothan City School Board rejected Superintendent Dr. Garrick Askew’s reading and math contracts Tuesday night.

The board deadlocked on the proposals, sending the discussion back to the drawing board.

Laurel Street started this transition with an advantage because their district uses a structured curriculum called Swun Math. It’s a widely praised program developed by Si Swun, a Long Beach, Calif., ...