Undoubtedly, mathematics can be complex in any of its numerous branches. Some children pick up the concepts quite quickly and ...

Mathematics is often thought of as a subject that a student either understands or doesn't, with little in between. In reality, mathematics encompasses a wide variety of skills and concepts. Although ...

My husband, a retired university mathematics professor, and I, a former biologist and teacher, have been volunteers tutoring children at the Whitney Community Center since the beginning of this year.

Carol Atkinson holds a stopwatch as the second-graders in her room fish pencils from their desks, a worksheet of 25 addition problems in front of them. “Ready, set, start,” Atkinson says, and they’re ...

The Nation’s Report Card makes one thing painfully clear: American kids are failing in math, and the education system has been failing them for decades. New research from National Center for Education ...

Includes updates and/or revisions. The influence of a federal report calling for a more orderly approach to teaching mathematics in the early grades will hinge largely on whether its message is ...

Many students who lacked hands-on, in-person teachings due to the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdowns and school closures are now struggling with basic math at the college level, according ...

The NAEP compiled scores for eighth-grade science, along with 12th-grade math and reading.The findings show declines across ...

The report declares that a truce is necessary in the so-called math wars. Traditionalists emphasize math facts and direct instruction of procedures, while progressives focus on conceptual ...

Nearly one third (31%) of 12th graders acknowledged missing three or more days of school in the month before taking the test, ...

The latest data for high school seniors offers a grim picture of where America is headed in reading and math, Winston writes.