Education leaders across Pennsylvania readily acknowledge that student achievement in mathematics is not where it needs to be. This harsh reality, exacerbated by the pandemic, continues today as we ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — School districts across the Buffalo-Niagara area may just be starting to return, but schools already have their first report card — the nation’s report card by the National Center for ...

A dozen parents gathered around veteran math educator Leanna Baker, moments before students show up for what is billed as a math “festival” for students at Allendale Elementary School in Oakland. “Do ...

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A new bill would require schools to screen all kindergartners, as well as first- and second-graders, for basic math skills.

Toward the end of a math lesson on a sunny Friday in October, fourth-grade teacher D’Atra Howard and math instructional coach LaVeda Gray ducked out of the classroom to huddle. Howard’s students at ...

It's like that dream where you're in math class in your underwear, and the whole class starts laughing. For the math averse — those who hated math as a kid and avoided careers involving numbers — that ...