Here is today’s test in basic arithmetic: If you had two grade-schoolers and one college graduate who happens to be the kids’ grandfather, and you gave each of them a math quiz, how many would flunk?

Math is currently being taught in a way most people over the age of 30 may not understand. It doesn’t take anything more than a multi-step subtraction problem to result in a wide spectrum of reactions ...

Helping your teenager with calculus homework has never been easy. But aiding your second grader with addition — should be a piece of cake, right? Not lately. In recent years, as the Common Core State ...

(Editor's Note: This story has been altered. The original version of this story gave the wrong percentages for the students who passed the math portion of the WASL last spring.) Rick Burke remembers ...

Explore the roots of math anxiety in students and discover strategies to foster confidence and understanding in mathematics.

Last week, I wrote a post about the questionable level of honesty in arguments for and against the Common Core State Standards. That post got a lot of good response, and seemed ripe for a follow-up.

Margaret Wente has decided that the so-called new new math does not work. I am now in the process of finishing my Bachelor of Education degree at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) ...