Students in Krista Chapman’s sixth grade mathematics class at Carl H. Kumpf Middle School in Clark work together to find equivalent fractions, or two fractions that have the same value. Students ...

“What is a fraction?” asked Denise Pusateri, JPS mathematics coordinator, to a group of fifth and sixth grade teachers. The question may seem to have an easy answer but with the new Common Core ...

Danville Middle School math teacher Sydni Franklin gives a thumbs-up to one of her sixth grade students during class on Tuesday. [JERONIMO NISA/DECATUR DAILY] JERONIMO NISA DANVILLE — You could say ...

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A top-rated public university says many of its students can’t round numbers or add fractions.

Middle school is tough. Bodies change. Hormones rage. Algebra becomes a reality. But there are things schools can do to make life easier for students — like this big study we wrote about showing that ...