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The divide makes it less likely that students who struggle will get access to proven strategies, researchers argue in a new study.
Nearly a quarter of 4th graders could not meet basic math achievement on the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress.
Teacher prep programs must increase the time they spend on fundamental math concepts to develop great math teachers.
Imagine you’re a character in a math problem. You have three platters, but two cakes. All three platters need to have the same amount of cake. How would you split it? Without even saying the word ...
Chandler schools: Is it OK if we teach your kid basic math? Chandler public schools are asking parents to sign off on teaching their kids things like "integers" and "geometric figures." ...
We hope education leaders will pursue efforts to improve math instruction. New international test scores show how urgent the need for change is.
Today, I want to start with a much broader question: What do we really know about how to teach math to children? The answer is not all that much—and what little we do know is highly contested.
There has always been some element of visuals in math classes, but it’s now considered the “golden age” of reimagining how to teach basic problems to students who think differently.