A reader thumbing through the new freshman math textbooks at Basalt High School might wonder what “The Pit and the Pendulum,” the Overland Trail, shadows, patterns and the game of Pig have to do with ...

A typical 8th grade math textbook includes just a handful of real-world problems for students to solve, finds a new international study. And that’s not enough, according to William Schmidt, ...

Earlier this year, the Seattle School Board changed the kind of math textbooks used in our elementary schools, selecting texts intended to be used with explicit instruction. Under explicit instruction ...

Critics sounded off on a math textbook in Collier County, Florida, approved by the school board that appeared to include emotionally based questions that appeared to have nothing to do with numbers or ...

As leaders of science and engineering departments at a public university, we have front row seats to the outcomes of America’s approach to kindergarten-12th grade (K-12) math education. We see ...

Last month, Florida’s Education Department accused publishers of trying to “indoctrinate” the state’s students through proposed math textbooks, alleging that they were sneaking in material, forbidden ...

Sine, cosine and a lot of tangents. Textbook publishers have routinely transmitted political messaging to kids under the cover of objective math instruction, according to a review by Florida officials ...

Seattle public high schools this fall will use new math textbooks that have stirred controversy for their less-traditional teaching methods. The Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors on Wednesday ...

UPDATE: On Tuesday, Fairfax County school officials clarified their estimate on the number of books they intend to order. They tell News4 they do not expect to supply every student with a textbook.

The Florida Department of Education has rejected a slew of math textbooks they say attempt to “indoctrinate” students through the inclusion of critical race theory and other prohibited subjects, ...