We use math all the time, every day, often without noticing or being aware we are using math concepts. We sort silverware, match socks, use words of measurement such as ‘a lot’ or ‘more,’ and set a ...

To learn math, students must build a mental toolbox of facts and procedures needed for different problems. But students who can recall these foundational facts in isolation often struggle to use them ...

These four classroom shifts can make academic risk-taking feel safer, clearer, and more worthwhile for middle school students ...

Student work posted in an elementary school before the pandemic shows the “partial product” method of solving a multiplication problem, one of many methods students have learned with Common Core.

A third grader in Kathy Neumann’s class in Howard County, Md., uses one-inch tiles to find the area of a rectangle. The district is embracing several practices to boost students’ math achievement ...

The term "computer" used to be applied to humans that performed calculations by hand. It's still important for today's kids to still know how to, say, multiply without using their calculators (or ...

Andy Hargreaves has received funding from the Council of Directors of Education for Ontario (CODE) - the report of this research is cited in this article. Pasi Sahlberg does not work for, consult, own ...

As a mathematics educator who also happens to be a new mom, I have serious concerns about the future math classroom my daughter will enter. One of my biggest fears is that the math class will stifle ...

Duolingo, best known for its whimsical owl and language-learning app, is working on a new product to add to its growing suite: a math app, according to CEO Luis von Ahn. The co-founder mentioned the ...

Kathy Neumann’s third-graders at Longfellow Elementary School in Columbia, Maryland, struggled to understand fractions during this pandemic-disrupted school year. With remote learning, they couldn’t ...

We know what will work to help kids catch up after the pandemic’s unprecedented disruptions to education. This story was produced by The Hechinger Report as part of a collaboration with The Alabama ...