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 ...

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 ...

Zachary Champagne’s 3rd and 4th graders figure out early on that this math class will be different when their teacher tells them: “I don’t care about the answer.” The goal is to shift his elementary ...

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 ...

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

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

Math improvement rarely stalls because districts aren’t taking action. More often, it stalls because well-intentioned ...