Few elementary education programs give future teachers enough exposure to foundational math concepts, like number sense and algebraic reasoning, before they reach the classroom. That’s the upshot of a ...

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 ...

A new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) finds that only one in eight elementary teacher preparation programs nationwide devote enough time to teaching fundamental math content ...

Corey Webel hopes he won't hear future generations of adults utter the words: "Don't make me do math." Webel directs the elementary math specialist program at the University of Missouri, starting its ...

An MSU education student plays a math game with children at Sudduth Elementary School in Starkville. (Photo by Megan Bean) STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State’s undergraduate elementary teacher ...

A boy in Lafayette, Indiana, recently thought his struggle with math was an emergency. He called 911 and told the operator he’d had a bad day at school and had tons of homework. The operator asked him ...

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.

Recent state test results revealed that many Alabama elementary school students need help with math skills. Fewer than half of third through fifth graders were proficient in math. This trend isn’t new ...

Kenny Felder, a math teacher at Raleigh Charter High School, explains repeating decimals to calculus students in February 2019. Julia Wall News & Observer file photo State education leaders want to ...

Seattle’s public-school district has proposed a new math curriculum that would teach its students all about how math has been “appropriated” — and how it “continues to be used to oppress and ...