I taught sixth-grade math for 24 years and found that the biggest impediment to teaching at that level was that so many students had never learned the basic math facts for addition, subtraction, and, ...

That’s nonsense. Teachers are adults; students are not. Adults drive to school; younger kids don’t. Adults plan the lessons ...

Much of the way math is taught was developed before we had neuroscientific insight into how the brain actually learns.

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Addressing learning poverty requires a multifaceted approach that includes policy reforms, targeted interventions and ...

The organization has been working for nearly a year to help students succeed in math. JumpStart Midland, a parent-led ...

Michigan's public schools are scrapping to help feed children outside of school hours if federal nutrition assistance ...

After years of declining test scores, the Maine Department of Education is introducing a plan to bolster math and literacy ...

MathFactLab, founded by former Essex Westford elementary school teacher Mike Kenny, now has more than 1 million users all ...

After years of declining test scores, the Maine Department of Education is introducing a plan to bolster math and literacy ...

A surge in student hunger — brought on by the suspension of a federal food assistance program beginning Saturday — will ...

Besides, America recently ran a very large natural experiment in dropping money on schools that, in a word, failed. During ...