Kathryn Baron is a freelance education reporter based in California. She has worked in public and commercial radio, television (don鈥檛 ask), print, and online and still can鈥檛 make up her mind which one to pursue. Most recently, she dusted off the algebra cobwebs in her brain to explain Common Core math in GreatSchools' State Test Guide for parents. Baron received a Master鈥檚 degree in journalism from Stanford University.