After a year of distance learning, the range of skill levels in math class is very wide, with some students still learning concepts from several grades behind. That means teachers have to get creative ...

Tonya Clarke has always loved math. But the students she taught during her first year in the classroom 25 years ago decidedly did not. The class of juniors and seniors in Georgia’s Clayton County ...

One of the challenges to getting students engaged in math is the perception that it’s a subject where you sit at a desk and do 30 math problems alone. There are a number of ways to make math more ...

If North Carolina high school student Katie Denton struggles with her algebra homework, she knows she’s not on her own. Denton can use her school-issued smartphone to send instant messages to her ...

EdSource · How one student got her middle school to change its name (rebroadcast) While literacy is often seen as a cornerstone to scholastic achievement, and many parents devote a lot of time and ...

Steve Holifield’s breathing was labored. A respected math teacher at a K-12 public charter school in Apple Valley, California, Holifield was in steep physical decline. His students had watched the ...

Math education outcomes in the United States have been unequal for decades. Learners in the top 10% socioeconomically tend to be about four grade levels ahead of learners in the bottom 10%—a statistic ...

Medlin Middle School teacher Kristy Butler helps Addyson Morgan, 12, center, and Ashlyn Edwards, 12, left, with their geometry work. The Northwest ISD educator recently received the Presidential ...

I visited 20 high schools in the last 20 days. In every case, I saw kids suffering through the arcane symbol manipulation of Algebra 2, an obsolete requirement that keeps some youth out of meaningful ...

Companies like Google, Apple and Intel offer some of California’s most cutting-edge — and highest-paying — jobs. Last year, those three companies alone brought in more than 10,000 people from other ...

Getting something wrong is never a good feeling. And for people with math anxiety, one wrong answer could spiral into a lifetime of avoided opportunities and limited choices. “It is the vicious cycle ...