Alabama’s 2022 law reshaped math instruction at the elementary level by providing money for all schools to hire math coaches ...

Sudoku and other puzzles can incorporate play and critical thinking skills, while easing students into solving standard math ...

Ubiquitous screens, classroom chaos, a dearth of qualified teachers: The reasons our children are struggling in math class are multitude.

This story originally appeared in the February 2025 issue of Texas Monthly as part of our public-education feature, “What Our Schools Actually Need.” Humans have been learning math for thousands of ...

Americans think schools need to teach math skills to prepare students for future success—but they don’t always agree on which skills are the most crucial, and the subject stirs up complicated emotions ...

Schools are starting to switch from learning math through memorization to learning it by problem-solving, focusing on understanding concepts. Ashwaubenon added class time to math and ELA in middle ...

Crowded around a workshop table, four girls at de Zavala Middle School puzzled over a Lego machine they had built. As they flashed a purple card in front of a light sensor, nothing happened. The ...

Two Tennessee school districts bucked the national trend of middle school math scores failing to recover from pandemic-era slides. Credit: Andrea Morales for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report ...

Xenia — A local student is saying she is not learning math at school and she’s worried it could impact her college outlooks. “She broke down crying in the kitchen. Just broke down crying, and I don’t ...

A new bill would require districts to screen for — and help — students falling behind in math in the early grades, just as they now do for students with challenges in reading.

Five states — Georgia, California, Tennessee, Utah and Oregon — have better aligned high school and college math courses in ...