About a decade ago, leaders at the Kentucky Department of Education set out to develop guidelines for what quality math instruction should looked like in the state, convening educators from the ...

How can teachers help all students become successful in mathematics? It is a deceptively complicated question—one that invites different ideas in the field about how best to prepare students for ...

If terms like “multiplication tables,” “long division” or “coefficient” tend to jack up your blood pressure, you’re not alone. Millions of people have an aversion to math. Mallika Scott, Cal State ...

Earlier this week, I wrote about the history of progressive math education, the culture wars it has inspired over the past hundred years, and the controversy over the California Math Framework. Today, ...

In DeKalb County, Ala., elementary school math classes have gotten noisy. In a good way. Instead of worksheets and textbooks, children practice adding and subtracting with tiny toy bears. They ...