Across the country, educators continue to wrestle with big questions about math curricula. Two years ago, the California education board’s adoption of a long-gestating new math framework added more ...

Using words like ‘factors,’ ‘denominators’ and ‘multiples’ may be part of a constellation of good math teaching practices ...

Our relationship with math learning is severely damaged in this country. In 2022, only 26 percent of all eighth grade students scored proficient or above in mathematics. Even more concerning is that ...

What was the hardest part about teaching during the pandemic? Seeing students who already struggled not be able to get what they needed during that time. Before the pandemic, I could work with ...

The employment future looks bright for people with strong math skills. But among the nation’s K-12 students, that represents a small and dwindling demographic. What’s to blame for students’ poor math ...

Nationwide student math achievement has yet to return to pre-pandemic levels, gaps between the highest and lowest-performing students continue to grow This story was originally published by Chalkbeat.

Math anxiety is causing many students to self-sort out of the STEM career pipeline early, closing off career paths that would likely be fulfilling (and lucrative). Credit: Andrea Morales for The ...