Across the country, states are passing new laws aimed at improving math teaching—mandating that schools intervene early to ...

Few elementary education programs give future teachers enough exposure to foundational math concepts, like number sense and algebraic reasoning, before they reach the classroom. That’s the upshot of a ...

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My students know all too well that if they need help in math, I’m the last teacher to ask. Math was extremely hard for me in school. Numbers moved around ...

Carrie Stark always relied on math games to engage her students, assuming they would pick up concepts like multiplication by seeing them in action. Alas, the kids had fun, as AP reported, but the ...

Student work posted in an elementary school before the pandemic shows the “partial product” method of solving a multiplication problem, one of many methods students have learned with Common Core.

A sixth grade math teacher explains how TikTok helped her engage students, support parents, and build a massive following beyond the classroom.

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 ...

Re: “Plummeting WA math scores point to trouble. Time for course correction” (April 11, Editorials): While I am certain most of us agree we want the best education possible for students in Washington, ...

More than 900 students at UC San Diego needed catch-up math classes in the fall of 2025 compared to 32 five years earlier.

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