Math is not always learned from textbooks. Sometimes, the best lessons begin around a kitchen table. A simple family activity ...

The Nation’s Report Card makes one thing painfully clear: American kids are failing in math, and the education system has been failing them for decades. New research from National Center for Education ...

As children grow, their cognitive skills develop, and with that, their capacity to comprehend and apply mathematical concepts evolves. In this article, we’ll guide you through the key math skills kids ...

The Big Apple is trying out a new equation to help boost sagging math scores. City officials unveiled a new public school math curriculum Monday aimed at helping students overcome their “fear of math” ...

Math is all around us: the music you listen to, the vehicles you drive and even the food you bake can all be represented mathematically. But for most kids - and many adults - the word math evokes ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Deidre Kelly. It has been edited for length and clarity. This is my 14th year teaching sixth-grade math, and I enjoy it just as much as I did when ...

DALLAS — In Eran McGowan’s math class, students try to teach each other. If a student is brave enough to share how they solved a math problem, they stand up in front of the other third graders and say ...

MangaHigh is launching its U.S. web site that teaches kids math via online video games. The launch comes on the heels of the company’s successful debut of a web site for the United Kingdom. It’s part ...

This story originally appeared in the February 2025 issue of Texas Monthly as part of our public-education feature, “What Our Schools Actually Need.” Humans have been learning math for thousands of ...