Using words like ‘factors,’ ‘denominators’ and ‘multiples’ may be part of a constellation of good math teaching practices ...

Most days in Molly Schaefer’s 8th grade geometry class, her students are focused on math concepts—learning about radians or cross-sections of three-dimensional figures. But one Friday about a month ...

This adjunct math professor at Cheyney University is helping Black students feel more comfortable learning math. Akil Parker launched All This Math, a tutoring service, after students asked for help ...

Practical math. Consumer math. Lots of names used to be around for math classes that focused on teaching math skills in the context of everyday life. Balancing a checkbook, figuring out how many ...

According to statistics that must be true or I wouldn’t have made them up, 87% of grandfathers couldn’t pass a third-grade math test. This is shocking because it represents almost half the grandpa ...

In his 2008 campaign, President Barack Obama promised to "improve science and math education in K through 12, to prepare more students for these studies in college" and "work to increase our number of ...

Teachers draw maps to visualize directions described in a picture book. Spatial awareness is a key early math concept. Credit: Camilla Forte/ The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic ...

Students who had more math courses in high school did better in all types of science once they got to college, researchers say. On the other hand, while high school courses in biology, chemistry or ...

(Editor's Note: This story has been altered. The original version of this story gave the wrong percentages for the students who passed the math portion of the WASL last spring.) Rick Burke remembers ...

There are many difficult assignments in a newsroom, all with their own distinct challenges and discomforts. But the assignment facing our tax watchdog Jake Griffin must surely rank high among the most ...