Imagine you are a mountaineer. Nothing excites you more than testing your skill, strength and resilience against some of the most extreme environments on the planet, and now you've decided to take on ...

Much of the way math is taught was developed before we had neuroscientific insight into how the brain actually learns.

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The latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress just painted a dismal picture of math performance in America’s schools, continuing to show more than a decade of stagnation.

All those long multiplication tables. Timed tests and “mad minutes” of worksheet problem-solving. Fluency drills. Somehow, getting kids to know their basic math facts continues to be at the heart of ...

In the fight against students’ learning loss, numerous states and school districts have implemented new curriculum in reading and math, bringing fresh urgency to another important issue that needs to ...

The New York State Education Department is pushing new math guidelines, including a recommendation that teachers stop giving ...

The third maths and stats curriculum for primary and intermediate schools in less than three years is being introduced on an ...

We often talk about India’s demographic dividend. The truth is that without applied numeracy and requisite Math skills, the dividend will not materialize in the best possible manner. Mathematics is ...

As a teacher, I heard it all the time: “I’m not a math person.” I would be in line at the grocery store, wearing a math T-shirt one of my students got for me, and I’d hear it: “Algebra? Who needs it?” ...