Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apr. 19—Testing data shows students locally and throughout the state struggle even more with math proficiency than reading, yet ...

Dylan Kane likes his math curriculum. But there’s one important piece missing, he says. The 7th grade math teacher in Leadville, Colo., uses a program that teaches math skills through real-world ...

A new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) finds that most states fall short when it comes to preparing and supporting elementary teachers to effectively teach math, despite the ...

The students in math professor Jan Koop’s summer workshops this year used pattern blocks, geoboards and other hands-on teaching tools to understand mathematical concepts. In their quest for better ...

The new plan does not mandate a certain way of teaching math. Instead, it encourages schools to shift away from rote ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ronda Dawson, left, executive director of teaching and learning at the Illinois State Board of Education, and Kirsten Parr, ...

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 simple classroom activity involving a classic childhood staple, LEGO, could improve children's math and spatial ability, leading researchers to demand for policymakers to shake up school curricula ...

Baltimore County Public Schools trails the statewide proficiency rate in math by more than five points, but the school system said it is working to improve those scores. BCPS Superintendent Myriam ...

In the past two decades, researchers have made great strides in uncovering how children learn math, but little of that new knowledge has trickled down to teachers, according to a new book on math ...

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If you didn’t know any better, you might mistake Jan Koop for an elementary school teacher or administrator. Koop, a mathematics professor at Calvin College, spends a lot of time in local elementary ...