Jose Medrano and Rebeca Zapata shuddered at what their daughter, Miranda Zapata, brought home one recent day: fifth grade math homework. “Since it’s something I haven’t practiced recently, I feel like ...

When it comes to teaching math, a debate has persisted for decades: How, and to what degree, should algorithms be a focus of learning math? The step-by-step procedures are among the most debated ...

For many people, math lessons might have been a bit of a snooze fest, but this third-grade teacher has found a way to make multiplication incredibly fun for her students—with a little help from Taylor ...

Imagine a classroom full of bright young students, all striving to do their best on a high school math test. They sit, heads slightly bowed, pencils ready, each one thinking about how to tackle each ...

The disruptions to children’s schooling over the past two years have caused millions of American parents to come to an unexpected revelation: They are not as good at math as they had hoped. Nothing ...

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