As math gaps continue to widen in many grades, educators face an uphill battle to help students regain ground in the subject. Following historic math declines on the Nation’s Report Card in 2022, a ...

With falling scores on math tests such as the international Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) tests – which dropped between 2018 and 2022 by two-thirds of a year’s worth of ...

Few elementary education programs give future teachers enough exposure to foundational math concepts, like number sense and algebraic reasoning, before they reach the classroom. That’s the upshot of a ...

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You don’t have to be a math wiz to know that the benefits of learning arithmetic skills go far beyond getting an A on a multiplication test. Math lets a child figure out if she has enough change to ...

In Boston public schools, 3, 4 and 5-year-olds are getting their first introduction to math. Before they walk through the kindergarten door, the “Building Blocks” curriculum is designed to encourage ...

In education circles, early literacy — such as ensuring all children are reading by third grade — gets a lot of attention, and rightfully so. Early reading skills have been shown to have a profound ...

From an early age, children try to make sense of their world by applying context and meaning to certain ideas. But many children also form misconceptions about number concepts and operations that can ...

Is it OK if your child is taught the probability of a coin flip landing on heads? What about who crossed the Delaware River during the American Revolution? Or how to order breakfast in Spanish? Before ...

November 26, 2025 - Come prepare a meal with the fifth and sixth graders of Pacific Elementary, in Davenport, California, where the district attracts students just for the lunch. In its “State of the ...

Donald Trump’s claim that Harvard is teaching students basic math like “two plus two” has turned out to be inaccurate. In fact, Harvard offers a college-level calculus course (MA5) with added support ...