A movement to help students understand rather than memorize has had sprawling effects, including pushback on teaching methods ...

Remember the days when working a math problem resulted in a right or wrong answer, and parents had a basic grasp of how to help their children with math homework? Those days predated the Common Core ...

Explore the roots of math anxiety in students and discover strategies to foster confidence and understanding in mathematics.

In education circles, early literacy — such as ensuring all children are reading by third grade — gets a lot of attention, and rightfully so. Early reading skills have been shown to have a profound ...

Duah: Using puzzles, both at home and in classrooms, can restore the often-forgotten truth that learning happens in ...

Sharma is CEO and co-founder of Zearn, a nonprofit dedicated to transforming K-8 math education. Sharma is also the author of "Math Mind: The Simple Path of Loving Math," a book that dives into how we ...

Elementary teachers can talk with students one-on-one to probe their thinking and learn things that might be missed with ...

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DALLAS — In Eran McGowan’s math class, students try to teach each other. If a student is brave enough to share how they solved a math problem, they stand up in front of the other third graders and say ...

ATLANTA — Students gathered around a bright blue number board in Melissa Williams’ kindergarten class at the Westminster ...

Third grade teacher Eran McGowan works through math problems with his students at the Eddie Bernice Johnson STEM Academy in Dallas on Feb. 5. (Azul Sordo For The Texas Tribune, Azul Sordo For The ...

If good math policies are the ingredients, qualified math teachers are the chefs serving students an opportunity to compete ...