I don’t typically write responses to other opinion pieces, but there was one two weeks ago about new techniques in elementary math education that has inspired me. The main complaint was that there are ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Linda Darling-Hammond is an expert on education research and policy. PISA scores reveal deep problems in how the United States ...

Last December, several members of a national organization for math education leaders came together to issue a warning. A growing movement in the field, they claimed, was calling on schools to adopt an ...

What does it take to change teaching practices across a whole state, shifting the way teachers work in dozens, or even hundreds, of districts? That question has been at the heart of the “science of ...

EdSource · Hot classrooms, leaky roofs — one student’s fight for better school facilities (Rebroadcast) Fierce wars continue to rage around math instruction, but there are many practical changes we ...

The new plan addresses the importance of math proficiency, aiming to fill persistent learning gaps and accelerate the learning of all students. “Ohio’s mathematics vision builds on long-accepted ...

Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to solve basic math problems – such as lining up numbers to add, starting with ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...