“Well, that’s not how I learned it,” proclaimed the person sitting next to me. The comment is a familiar one for a math teacher, as I hear it all the time from students and family members. But on this ...

The students in math professor Jan Koop’s summer workshops this year used pattern blocks, geoboards and other hands-on teaching tools to understand mathematical concepts. In their quest for better ...

Apr. 19—Testing data shows students locally and throughout the state struggle even more with math proficiency than reading, yet unlike the Literacy Act, the Numeracy Act includes no provision for ...

As part of their yearly goals, Hempfield Area principals identified numeracy understanding as a top priority — something teachers and principals say is improving. Working on different levels — high ...

About half of the students who have entered college in the United States will not make it to graduation, according to government data. That dropout rate is the most challenging issue faced by most, if ...

Colleges nationwide have been embracing developmental education reforms. A popular reform is math pathways, which places students in math classes that relate to their intended majors and abilities, ...

A new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) finds that most states fall short when it comes to preparing and supporting elementary teachers to effectively teach math, despite the ...

In his State of the Union address in January, President Bush stressed the importance of improving math education. He proposed to "train 70,000 high school teachers to lead advanced placement courses ...

As students across the country make the gradual return to in-person classes, teachers have looked to new digital platforms to help combat learning loss and narrow growing achievement gaps in early ...

Q: My children in third and fifth grade are struggling with math. I know it is important for them to do better, but I am at a loss for ways to help them. Please give me some ideas. — Mathematically ...

President Barack Obama’s announcement this month of more than $250 million in new private-sector commitments to a public-private partnership that seeks to improve the teaching of science and ...