All those long multiplication tables. Timed tests and “mad minutes” of worksheet problem-solving. Fluency drills. Somehow, getting kids to know their basic math facts continues to be at the heart of ...

Figuring out a word problem. Calculating area and perimeter. Finding the measure of an unknown angle. All these tasks, and more, draw on an essential foundation of math knowledge, said Brian Bushart, ...

Debates over how to teach math echo the conflicts over reading instruction, and some issues are similar. But unlike math, reading—in its full sense—draws on everything a person has been able to learn.

Over 20 years ago, Bob Moses, a civil rights activist and educator, published “Radical Equations: Civil Rights from Mississippi to the Algebra Project.” In his book, Moses argued that teaching math ...

We all, at least barring homeschooling or a strange, feral wolf-boy situation, learn science and math growing up. But apparently, some people choose to actually store that knowledge, instead of ...

A new power math course will be offered at multiple Victoria Independent School District (VISD) middle school campuses for the 2024-2025 school year. This course will be a second offering of math for ...