ATTENTION is being more and more given to the teaching of science as a means of education. The object of education may be regarded as being to help people to think for themselves; and our duty in ...

Experts agree: Elementary teachers need to have a strong foundation in math. But teacher-preparation programs don’t always dedicate much time to elementary math coursework. That’s starting to change, ...

It is a scandal that so little attention has been paid to attracting better-qualified math teachers to American schools. Results from the most recent study of the Program for International Student ...

Prof. Emeritus Max S. Bell, an influential scholar of mathematics education who co-authored the widely-used curriculum Everyday Mathematics, died March 6. He was 90. A longtime professor at the ...

The Elementary Education program is designed for students who wish to teach in grades 1-6. The program stresses a humanistic approach to teaching that is both developmentally appropriate and ...

Most California teacher preparation programs are failing to adequately train future teachers to teach elementary school level mathematics, according to a National Council on Teacher Quality report ...

In colonial times and the early years of the Republic, most girls who learned a bit of math studied at home or in dame schools. They might sew numbers onto a sampler, as in the example shown. When ...

Providence, RI -- During the "New Math" movement of the 1960s, a team of mathematicians developed a new structure for elementary mathematics. Instead of having a single subject, namely, school ...

Farmington Elementary fourth-grade math teacher Anna Brignole was one of 140 teachers honored with the 2018 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. The award presented ...

LOTHIAN, Md., June 12, 2025 — Chelsea McDonald, a fourth-grade teacher at Lothian Elementary School, has been named the 2025 Elementary School Outstanding Mathematics Educator by the Maryland Council ...