Math is a hierarchical field, building sequentially on prior concepts. Likewise, math standards in each grade presume that ...

When it comes to math, students are struggling. The recent national assessment underscored that by revealing that 24 percent of fourth graders are still performing below basic math skills, also ...

Education leaders across Pennsylvania readily acknowledge that student achievement in mathematics is not where it needs to be. This harsh reality, exacerbated by the pandemic, continues today as we ...

An EdWeek Research Center survey finds that educators see older students' lack of progress in the subject as an acute problem ...

During the day, I teach Algebra I classes to high school freshmen in Springfield, Missouri. One night per week, I teach preservice elementary school teachers who serve as paraprofessionals at K-12 ...

Toward the end of a math lesson on a sunny Friday in October, fourth-grade teacher D’Atra Howard and math instructional coach LaVeda Gray ducked out of the classroom to huddle. Howard’s students at ...

Farley Elementary students were among those putting their math skills to the test during a district-wide competition.

In Jennifer McDougald’s classroom at Jerger Elementary, solving a math problem is only part of the lesson. The real impact ...

You can’t learn how to swim by dipping your toes in the water. The same idea holds true for teaching. Recently however, SUNY Cortland juniors Ashley Whitney and Kelly Rambo — both aspiring elementary ...

A fifth-grade student in Ellanise Hines’ class works on calculating the volume of a prism. Credit: Steven Yoder for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for ...