Many students who lacked hands-on, in-person teachings due to the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdowns and school closures are now struggling with basic math at the college level, according ...

We teach the wrong math and test it the wrong way. We devote thousands of hours to the obsolete rote math that pervades our ...

Mathematics is often thought of as a subject that a student either understands or doesn't, with little in between. In reality, mathematics encompasses a wide variety of skills and concepts. Although ...

Cecilia Lopez Alvarado passed high school math with A’s and B’s. But in college, she effectively had to start over. Here’s ...

Across the U.S., more students are graduating high school than ever, yet many lack the math skills needed for college, careers, or technical training. This gap is compounded by changing expectations ...

We crunch numbers in school, and for many, that feels like more than enough. But between learning the formulas and completing ...

Two students in Danielle Adler’s kindergarten class at Marcus Hook Elementary School in Marcus Hook, Pa., prepare for an addition problem. Credit: Holly Korbey for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...

Across the U.S., high school graduation rates have reached record highs, yet math proficiency remains alarmingly low. In Pennsylvania, new graduation pathways allow students to earn diplomas without ...

Let’s keep things simple – this is basic math. Nothing scary. Just everyday calculations, a bit of geometry, some number patterns, and the kind of stuff you definitely learned in school at some point.

Just a few months after California overhauled the way it teaches children to read, a new bill takes on math education.