Mathematician and Co-founder and Executive Director of Stanford University's H-STAR Institute Dr. Keith Devlin spoke about math, the symbol barrier and the development of understanding math through ...

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 ...

When I was a new teacher, I wanted my students to see math not just as numbers and equations but as a tool to understand the world around them. My goal wasn’t for them to simply memorize formulas to ...

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Come and pull up a chair in Deborah Harper’s senior-level math class, there are plenty to go around because the students don’t use them. Class starts with each student randomly drawing a card which ...

Math is viewed by parents as perhaps the most critical subject that children study and a key to their success, according to a newly released poll, as The 74 reported. But educators need to make their ...

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Christopher Rakes receives funding from the National Science Foundation. Several state and national reform efforts have tried to improve things. The most recent Common Core standards had a great deal ...

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EdSource · The John Fensterwald forecast: What’s coming for California schools in 2026 The John Fensterwald forecast: What’s coming for California schools in 2026 January 8, 2026 - It's time for John ...

To help young kids who struggle with math, well-intentioned teachers often turn to non-traditional teaching methods. They use music and movement to involve the whole body. They use hands-on materials ...