EdSource · A University of California in the heart of farm country aims to attract more students President Obama earlier this year announced a new initiative, “Computer Science for All,” to empower a ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Though I’m not certain of this, I suspect that algebraic problem-solving teaches ...

Since the pandemic, students have struggled markedly in math, particularly algebra. According to NAEP Mathematics Assessment data, eighth-graders’ algebra scores were eight points lower in 2022 than ...

Math is a notorious stumbling block that trips up students seeking college degrees. Every year, tens of thousands of young people fail to graduate because they can’t earn enough math credits. To help ...

Struggling to help your child with their homework? The older they get, the more difficult the assignments become, and for many people, math is the hardest subject to tackle. If just thinking about how ...

This post originally appeared on the Inside School Research blog. In general, parents’ help with homework can be a major support for students. But if parents shudder at the thought of algebra or ...

EdSource · School screen time is rising. California parents are asking where to draw the line A dozen parents gathered around veteran math educator Leanna Baker, moments before students show up for ...

This year all Springfield eighth graders have an opportunity to take algebra for the first time in a number of years ...

He was supposed to be working on long-form multiplication problems—457 x 214, 378 x 29, 112 x 978—and my son kept asking me to check his answers. But it had been so long since I’d written out any math ...

Stuck on a tricky math problem? Start clapping. Grade school kids who learned about fractions through a rhythm-and-music-based curriculum outperformed their peers in traditional math classes. The work ...