In the minds of many people, math lives in the classroom—on blackboards, in textbooks, and in tests. New research from Amber ...

Teachers can help ease the anxiety that many students feel with these strategies for creating joyful learning experiences.

Exploring concepts such as observation and measurement in the fresh air can give students a new and playful perspective on ...

Picture the following: A student volunteers to answer a math question in an elementary school classroom. The teacher knows from working with the student previously that although she can easily follow ...

When students prove they're ready for advanced math, schools should enroll them automatically. New NAEP data shows how many ...

For much of her teaching career, Carrie Stark relied on math games to engage her students, assuming they would pick up concepts like multiplication by seeing them in action. The kids had fun, but the ...

In 2024, the number of students placed in one of UC San Diego’s lowest math courses — Math 2 and Math 3B — increased from 490 ...

Newly released national test scores show student achievement in math rising at the elementary school level—but not among ...

A 1956 New York Times article details a report from the Educational Testing Service of Princeton, revealing that in elementary and secondary school, mathematics earned the title of “the most hated ...

Jody Nolf is an associate language and literacy specialist at Vista Higher Learning. For more than 20 years, she taught English and reading to middle and high school students. Six years ago, she ...

Unscathed by pandemic-era school closures, the nation's 9-year-olds showed progress in math and reading. It's a different ...