National group cites 4 pillars to math education for young kids. A national nonprofit that aims to improve math outcomes for ...

Math teacher Samantha McGlennen wandered around her Summit Middle School classroom, unfazed by the students’ chatter and laughter during a recent lesson about exponential growth. Their behavior – ...

I’ll admit it: I was skeptical of how “creative-thinking” strategies in math would go over with my 4th grade enrichment students. I see these students just once a week in pull-out groups, so every ...

Tune in to CNN Films’ “We Will Rise: Michelle Obama’s Mission to Educate Girls Around the World,” Wednesday, October 12 at 9pm EST. I’m a mom of two and wanted to see if I was saying something to my ...

From the NY Times, an article “As Math Scores Lag, a New Push for the Basics” about rethinking the teaching of “fuzzy math” in American schools. “The changes are being driven by students’ lagging ...

Math, as author and University of Wisconsin professor Jordan Ellenberg writes, may not be the most readily accessible subject in school. When faced with a complex equation a student may ask, “When am ...

Math has never been my strong suit. I opted out of it at every turn, particularly in college, where I enrolled in linguistics to fulfill my quantitative reasoning requirement. I even tried to overcome ...

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Answer by Daniel McLaury, Ph.D. Student in Mathematics, on Quora, I'll think about this question in terms of the U.S. population, because that's easiest for me to picture in my head. There are around ...

Does the mere sight of an algebra textbook make your head hurt? Do you feel a throbbing in your temples when you see the waiter approaching with a check and you know you’ll have to divvy up the bill ...