Students often struggle to connect math with the real world. Word problems—a combination of words, numbers, and mathematical operations—can be a perfect vehicle to take abstract numbers off the page.

This same principle applies to education: If students never meet resistance from mistakes, they fail to develop the ...

Examining mistakes gives students a chance to discuss misconceptions openly and find new approaches to solving problems.

Local math teacher drops new rap video to help students master the subject He's back with another math rap. That Math Magician, also known as Jordan Orosco, a geometry teacher at Deer Valley High ...

We have a story now about a teacher who used to struggle to find ways for his students to like math. But Thomas Mayfield found a way through music. And as NPR's Mia Estrada reports, now Mayfield is ...

ANTIOCH, Calif. (KGO) -- The push is on in Antioch to help low-income students get the tutoring they need, and the community is stepping up. "I really like this place, and it makes me happy that I ...

The ongoing math wars plus persistent teacher pipeline issues are among the most powerful forces behind students’ longstanding poor performance in the subject, a new study finds. The Center on ...

An Apalachee High School student processing the death of his algebra teacher, Christina Irimie, penned an emotional and heartfelt rap about her and the other three victims fatally shot inside his ...

As kids progress through school, they tend to increasingly perceive themselves as either a “math person” or a “language person,” even if they’re good at both, according to a 2022 study I led. My ...

U.S. students’ math scores lag behind also dreary reading ones and have struggled even before the pandemic, but changes to the math curriculum to combat the problem have been slow moving. Over the ...