It’s something that educators hear from students in classes, children express to caregivers as they start homework and even adults say to each other when it’s time to calculate the tip for lunch.

Especially in light of the filmed police shootings of African Americans this year, more attention is being paid by educators toward culturally responsive teaching. It might be a bit more obvious about ...

ARLINGTON, VA, January 3, 2012 – Expanding its PBS KIDS Lab site, which offers more than 50 cross-platform games designed to help children ages 2-8 build critical math skills, PBS today announced new ...

“It All Adds Up,” is an effort to help WKAR-area families build kids’ math skills. Through this effort, WKAR aims to boost math learning at home – and everywhere – by providing PBS KIDS resources for ...

Early math success is shaped by more than classroom lessons—it starts at home with quality interactions, parental attitudes, ...

In early September, math teachers from across Kent County, Md., gathered for their first professional learning community meetings of the school year. Kris Hemstetter, a math and English/language arts ...

RAYMORE, Mo. — Students from the Raymore-Peculiar School District are putting their smarts to the test. The end result will help others. The fifth and sixth graders are taking part in the Doghouse ...

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Sounds of hammers and drills echoed in the old gymnasium at Hobgood Elementary as 25 fifth-grade Murfreesboro City Schools students put math skills to practical use for Hammer ...

Has the math brand become toxic? That was the provocative question posed by Conrad Wolfram in a blog post earlier this summer. “Sadly,” he wrote, “I’ve started to conclude that the answer is yes.” ...