Back to School Without the Math Meltdowns Back to school in our house always meant one thing, controlled chaos.

Zachary Champagne’s 3rd and 4th graders figure out early on that this math class will be different when their teacher tells them: “I don’t care about the answer.” The goal is to shift his elementary ...

Math education is rapidly changing. And while there are real headwinds with respect to math achievement, the new ideas and curricula that are emerging have the potential to power real progress for ...

The ongoing math wars plus persistent teacher pipeline issues are among the most powerful forces behind students’ ...

For all that education has changed in recent times—from the disappearance of cursive lessons to the rise of computer science in classrooms to pandemic-forced remote learning—one thing has remained ...

AI-simulated students consistently outperform real students—and make different kinds of mistakes—in math and reading ...

A new report suggests that improving math scores is complex but fixable with the right investments and support.

William Heard Kilpatrick, one of the most influential pedagogical figures of the early twentieth century, would have felt right at home in today’s educational culture wars. Back then, as now, the ...

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 ...