The six cupcakes, three large and three small, were alike and not alike. One pair was iced in chocolate and decorated in sprinkles. Another pair had sprinkles but was iced in vanilla. The third pair ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michael and Diane discuss why America’s approach to math class isn’t adding up. They analyze the outcomes produced under the ...

How to make math a key part of your ELL curriculum Vinod Lobo September 25, 2017 Literacy instruction without math support can widen learning gaps. Here’s how smartphones and blended learning can help ...

One of the joys of being an educator is embracing all the differences every student brings to the classroom, while teaching them to celebrate those unique traits in themselves and each other. Yet, ...

Zachary Champagne’s 3rd and 4th graders figure out early on that this math class will be different when their teacher tells them: “I don’t care about the answer.” The goal is to shift his elementary ...

Corrected: A previous version of this essay included a widely quoted but outdated statistic for the proportion of Americans with math anxiety. How should we teach children math? Given that over 50 ...

It’s something that educators hear from students in classes, children express to caregivers as they start homework and even adults say to each other when it’s time to calculate the tip for lunch.

We need students to see themselves as mathematicians and to recognize math in the world all around them. Credit: Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images The Hechinger Report covers one ...