BENGALURU: At a time when there is a shortage of over 50,000 teachers in government schools and children lacking basic ...

1. Fast and Slow Piles. This works well as a starting or closing activity. Students sort math fact cards into fast and slow piles. This visual way of tracking facts highlights which facts come ...

Two decades ago, the mathematician Moon Duchin spent her summers teaching geometry at Mathcamp, a program for mathematically talented teens. Campers contemplated notions such as how to prove whether a ...

Students nationwide can’t read or do math at basic levels and don’t know elementary science or history facts, but there’s a big program to rewire their brains, massage ...

An apparently easy-looking math problem has left internet users scratching their heads. Give it a try to see if you can ...

Jose Medrano and Rebeca Zapata shuddered at what their daughter, Miranda Zapata, brought home one recent day: fifth grade math homework. “Since it’s something I haven’t practiced recently, I feel like ...

The latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress should be a wake-up call for every parent, ...

The proof, known to be so hard that a mathematician once offered 10 martinis to whoever could figure it out, uses number ...

Years ago, when her eighth-graders struggled with basic subtraction, teacher Rita Frenzel tried something different: She taught them chess. The math scores climbed, and so did a passion that would ...

In a world dominated by algorithms, it's common to associate them with a negative bias. Mathematician Clara Grima defends ...

Given every two years to a sample of America’s children, the National Assessment of Educational Progress is considered one of ...