Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Though I’m not certain of this, I suspect that algebraic problem-solving teaches ...

BUFFALO, NY- Teachers are implementing the new Common Core learning standards in English Language Arts and Math classes in Western New York and all across the country. The Common Core aims to teach ...

Infinity Squared Mathematics, a non-profit founded by high school seniors, promotes problem-solving skills and bridges the ...

More than 465 Hechinger Report readers filled out our survey about math education. They raised issues ranging from worry about math anxiety to anger about unequal access to higher-level math courses ...

You’re staring at the screen. It’s a quadratic equation that seems to mock your confusion. The clock’s ticking. Homework’s due. Brain’s fried. What do you do? For thousands of students every single ...

Hoping to help your fifth-grader with math skills? Here are some basic tips that experts suggest for fifth-graders. As the math they’re learning becomes more complicated and less obviously connected ...

WESTERLY, R.I. -- Any adult who has tried to help a second-grader with homework has noticed math is not what it used to be. Now schools are unlocking the secrets of Common Core math for mystified ...

Teaching math isn’t just about working through problems. Often, it’s about helping students work through baggage, too. After years of historic declines in math performance nationwide and sharp ...

Together, Beachmont’s intervention programs reflect the school’s mission to meet students where they are and help them grow with confidence. With data-driven instruction, small-group attention, and ...

A few years ago, third-grade teacher Laura Metrano considered herself strictly a language-arts person. “I am a writer and a reader,” she said during a break in her school day at Springhurst Elementary ...