Middle school teachers are now forced to assume multiplicative thinking is secure so they can dive into ratios and algebra.

Notably, taking Algebra 1 and 8th grade math together boosted all students’ scores—not just those of students who were less prepared for higher-level math. Achievement gains on state tests were ...

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M indy Bernhardt teaches criminal justice to undergraduates at Kennesaw State University. In recent years she has found herself grading more easily and expecting less from her students. The reason?

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. In 1997, Deep Blue, a supercomputer built by IBM, did the unexpected: it defeated chess ...

After years of reports detailing how California’s public schools badly lagged those in poor Southern states in teaching kids how to read — especially Mississippi, the poorest state in the nation — the ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Aaron Jawson regularly spends time reteaching the basics to his sixth grade math students. They often have a bit ...

Most of us have not tested our arithmetic skills since we were forced to in grade school, but some are reaching back into their memories to solve an easy math equation that has left social media users ...

Kindergarten students counting, sorting and stacking blocks may not seem significant, but how well they understand numbers at that age can shape their confidence with math, their success in courses ...

Although financial literacy is often not talked about in school, one North Carolina-based elementary school teacher aimed to teach her students about real-world problems by charging them "rent." A ...

Over the weekend, Neel Somani, who is a software engineer, former quant researcher, and a startup founder, was testing the math skills of OpenAI’s new model when he made an unexpected discovery. After ...

Pittsburgh Miller African Centered Academy, a K-5 elementary school in the Hill District. Pittsburgh school leaders say maintaining strides in third-grade math proficiency will require increased ...