We know the struggle with mathematics—for both teachers and students—all too well. Students’ math scores, as per the “Nation’s Report Card,” have plunged to record lows. Misconceptions in early grades ...

A key part—though surely not the only part—of early-grades math is ensuring students get the basic arithmetic functions down and, beyond that, making sure they’re able to swiftly and automatically ...

What's the best way for children to learn arithmetic—memorizing number values and multiplication tables, or studying math at a deeper, conceptual level? Educators have long debated the merits of these ...

At the Riverside County Office of Education, we serve about 430,000 students across 23 districts, providing instructional support and other direct services in all content areas. In recent years, our ...

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In the latest version of the Nation’s Report Card, students’ math scores fell an average of five points for fourth graders and eight points for eighth graders nationwide. This historic drop in scores ...

For many people, math lessons might have been a bit of a snooze fest, but this third-grade teacher has found a way to make multiplication incredibly fun for her students—with a little help from Taylor ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Linda Darling-Hammond is an expert on education research and policy. PISA scores reveal deep problems in how the United States ...

Yasemin Copur-Gencturk receives funding from the IES and NSF. When middle school math teachers completed an online professional development program that uses artificial intelligence to improve their ...

International tests scores released this month provide further evidence that U.S. students are behind where they should be in math, a problem that has huge implications for their success in school and ...

Even before the formal presentation started at D.C.’s Noyes Elementary on Thursday night, students were eager to show off. They bounced from one table to another, rolling dice, flipping coins and ...