We know the struggle with mathematics—for both teachers and students—all too well. Students’ math scores, as per the “Nation’s Report Card,” have plunged to record lows. Misconceptions in early grades ...

During the day, I teach Algebra I classes to high school freshmen in Springfield, Missouri. One night per week, I teach preservice elementary school teachers who serve as paraprofessionals at K-12 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. In a striking piece in Education Next, Laurence Holt dives into a series of research studies that show strong results for edtech ...

Americans think schools need to teach math skills to prepare students for future success—but they don’t always agree on which skills are the most crucial, and the subject stirs up complicated emotions ...

Do you remember what it was like to learn math? How challenging it was to find solutions to problems that you didn’t understand? The dread of wrong answers? Before joining the University of Delaware’s ...

(Ben is right, but it's hard to explain in just a tweet.) College math instructor here. My thought: make sure that both baskets have the same number of fruit. You could do this by adding 3 oranges and ...

When Baltimore’s chief academic officer and other school officials saw the stark results of a state standardized math exam in the summer of 2022, they set a plan to overhaul how students learn math.

It turns out there actually is a reason we learn math at school. At some point during your time at school, you will have ...

Washington, D.C. – For the third consecutive year, the Washington Wizards have partnered with the non-profit organization Learn Fresh to launch the 2025-26 Wizards Math Hoops curriculum presented by ...