We know the struggle with mathematics—for both teachers and students—all too well. Students’ math scores, as per the “Nation’s Report Card,” have plunged to record lows. Misconceptions in early grades ...

Editor’s note, July 8, 2020; Updated March 18, 2021: The author of this piece, which was originally published on the Conversation, contacted Education Week to acknowledge to us that she failed to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Linda Darling-Hammond is an expert on education research and policy. PISA scores reveal deep problems in how the United States ...

I love math, but I know that I’m unusual. Math anxiety is a rampant problem across the country. Researchers now know that when people with math anxiety encounter numbers, a fear center in the brain ...

CHEYNEY, Pa. (CBS) -- An HBCU adjunct professor has made it his life's mission to help Black students get more comfortable with math. Akil Parker shares his passion for numbers as an adjunct math ...

Student work posted in an elementary school before the pandemic shows the “partial product” method of solving a multiplication problem, one of many methods students have learned with Common Core.

In his autobiography, psychologist S. S. Stevens (1974) relates how he spent his undergraduate years at Stanford assiduously avoiding math and sciences classes. He enjoyed the humanities, especially ...

FOR UKRAINE. WELL, THIS WEEK WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW TO BRIDGE THE GAP WHILE KIDS ARE ON BREAK. IT’S CALLED THE SUMMER SLIDE. VOLUNTEER TUTORS AT THE EDNA W RUNNER TUTOR ORIOLE CENTER IN ...