The field of math education is cluttered with bad and untested ideas. The Gates Foundation is spending more than a billion dollars to try to find a way forward.

Early math abilities also correlate with broader cognitive skills, as kids with stronger math skills in preschool tend to show better performance in reading, attention control and executive function.

Commentary: Teaching math to children the same old way won’t get us out of this mess Sat., Sept. 23, ... My early approach to teaching math was a bit like teaching someone to shoot free throws.

2025 goal for parents: Teaching kids kindness instead of being math-letes Many parents are aware of the eroding mental health of our youth but still focus on achievement, test fear their kids fall ...

Although the kids were reluctant to do math, combining it with golf made it more exciting for them, Hong told Patch. Before he knew it, the kids were jumping up and down, cheering whenever they ...

Most elementary teachers are expected to teach all subjects, but many don’t have a strong math foundation, experts say. Here's how that's changing.

Statewide, though, kids are still behind where they were in the 2018-2019 school year. In 2018-2019, about 65% of kids were proficient in reading, while in 2023-2024, about 61% of all students ...

Texas children are still struggling with math after the pandemic. Some schools are trying a new approach. ... DALLAS — In Eran McGowan’s math class, students try to teach each other.

School experiences appear to bear this out. In every math class I’ve taken, there have been slow kids, average kids and whiz kids. It never occurred to me that this hierarchy might be avoidable.

Early math abilities also correlate with broader cognitive skills, as kids with stronger math skills in preschool tend to show better performance in reading, attention control and executive function. ...