A couple of weeks ago Herald columnist James McCusker wrote an article called ““Are we teaching algebra to the wrong students?” As a former teacher, I would answer McCusker with my sincere belief that ...

Were you a kid who struggled in math class? If so, vivid recollections of poring over algebra homework trying to understand the inscrutable equations are probably core memories from your school years.

In what some math experts are calling “the latest evidence that teaching algebra differently works,” a new study co-authored by an instructor at Everett Community College underscores the importance of ...

While educators and policymakers debate whether 8th graders can be readied to learn algebra, Sigrid B. Frawley sits in front of her kindergartners with a magic bag. She puts three tokens in the bag ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (CNN) — In an op-ed in Sunday’s New York ...

Lipscomb Academy's Pat Wood named The Tennessean's Teacher of the Week for math instructors.

A popular humorist and avowed mathphobe once declared that in real life, there’s no such thing as algebra. Kathie Wilson knows better. Most of the students in her 8th grade class will be thrust into ...

Half of students fail college algebra. Reformers say outdated college math requirements are gatekeeping graduation.

WORTHINGTON — Worthington High School algebra teacher John Koller may be retiring at the end of this school year, but he had no intentions of coasting through the year and easing into a life of ...

To the editor: I congratulate Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley on his willingness to reform antiquated math requirements in the California community college system. I am concerned, however, at the way in ...