The ongoing math wars plus persistent teacher pipeline issues are among the most powerful forces behind students’ ...

When it comes to math, students are struggling. The recent national assessment underscored that by revealing that 24 percent of fourth graders are still performing below basic math skills, also ...

When gifted intervention specialist Amy Alexander prompts her Cherokee Elementary students to select an item from anywhere in the classroom, the kids spring to action. They search high and low, eager ...

Math isn’t just about answers—the process matters, too. These strategies spotlight reasoning and reveal student thinking.

For much of her teaching career, Carrie Stark relied on math games to engage her students, assuming they would pick up concepts like multiplication by seeing them in action. The kids had fun, but the ...

Includes updates and/or revisions. Ask a parent, politician, or school board member to describe the ideal qualifications of a math teacher, and most would probably rank having a college major in that ...

Experts agree: Elementary teachers need to have a strong foundation in math. But teacher-preparation programs don’t always dedicate much time to elementary math coursework. That’s starting to change, ...

Teachers draw maps to visualize directions described in a picture book. Spatial awareness is a key early math concept. Credit: Camilla Forte/ The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic ...

Two Belton ISD elementary students earned national Math Stars recognition, securing decade-long support for their talent and ...