Don’t Take Math Education For Granted As the United States celebrates its semiquincentennial, let’s not take for granted our ability to count up to 250. In other words, we wouldn’t be where we are now ...

Many states have laws aimed at improving literacy, but few are putting the same weight behind targeting math instruction. A recent study by NWEA found that middle and elementary school students’ math ...

As a mathematics education researcher, I study how math instruction impacts students' learning, from following standard math procedures to understanding mathematical concepts. Focusing on the latter, ...

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 ...

California stands at a pivotal moment in math education. The State Board of Education has adopted a new mathematics framework for kindergarten through grade twelve that emphasizes equity, engagement, ...

Mathematicians excel at handling complexity and uncertainty. Mathematical reasoning strategies aren't just useful for dilemmas involving numbers. We can apply math mindsets to improve our approach to ...

Global math archive: MIT and collaborators launched MathNet, the largest Olympiad-level problem collection, spanning 47 countries, 17 languages, and four decades of competitions. Thinking like Fermi: ...

The average eighth grader is now three years below grade level in math. How can they do algebra if they’re struggling to divide fractions? Credit: Jill Brady/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty ...

Periodically during tax season a meme goes around saying something like this: I sure am glad we studied triangles every time triangle season comes around. The implication here is that we never need ...

Segue Institute for Learning teacher Cassandra Santiago introduces a lesson on word problems to her first graders one spring afternoon. Credit: Phillip Keith for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...