Across the country, parents are discovering that what their children bring home from school looks very little like what they once learned. It isn’t just math — reading lessons, writing expectations, ...

Exploring concepts such as observation and measurement in the fresh air can give students a new and playful perspective on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Linda Darling-Hammond is an expert on education research and policy. This blog was updated on June 24, 2026 to clarify a statistic ...

A decade or so ago, reading instruction underwent a public reassessment. Whole language approaches had emphasized immersion in texts and contextual, “cue"-based guessing strategies. The goals were ...

As routines for the new school year get underway, many parents are looking forward to getting to know their child’s teacher and finding out what reading and writing assignments will be coming home.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Gov. Mike DeWine signed a wide-ranging education bill that creates new math instruction requirements, and mandates student remediation when performance is low on the state report card ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — If your child's math homework has you scratching your head confused, you're not alone. Parents who grew up in the '80s, and '90s learned basic formulas, such as long division to solve ...

When I was a new teacher, I wanted my students to see math not just as numbers and equations but as a tool to understand the world around them. My goal wasn’t for them to simply memorize formulas to ...

Hyesang Chang and colleagues, from Stanford University, explored why some children struggle to learn math compared to their peers in a new JNeurosci paper. Children selected which numbers were bigger ...

Savvas Learning Company has introduced enVision+ Mathematics, the latest version of its math program or grades K-8. The redesigned program offers new AI-powered productivity tools, called Savvas ...

Rocket Club Math is transforming early math education in NYC through gamified learning, rewards, and confidence-building ...