Across the country, parents are discovering that what their children bring home from school looks very little like what they once learned. It isn’t just math — reading lessons, writing expectations, ...

What's the best language for learning math? Hint: You're not reading it. Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Turkish use simpler number words and express math concepts more clearly than English, making it ...

The three-day competition begins Tuesday at the Scripps National Spelling Bee and 14 North Carolina students are among the competitors. HERNDON, VA. — Ask Jae Canetti to recite pi, and the numbers ...

"Even the +, −, =, and x signs we take for granted only came into widespread use in the 17th century. Which means that the earlier algebraists we know of … all had expressed their equations mostly in ...

In learning to spell words, learners may be directed to pronounce the words in various ways. Some commercial spelling programs have learners decode dictionary pronunciation keys (also called phonetic ...

Exercising isn't just good for the body, it could boost brainpower as well. A new study in the Netherlands found that adding activities such as running and jumping jacks while kids learn mathematics ...