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 ...

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 ...

Two recent studies show that K-12 teachers’ nagging ignorance of fundamentals has contributed to historic declines in U.S. math performance. The National Council on Teacher Quality reported Tuesday ...

Just a few months after California overhauled the way it teaches children to read, a new bill takes on math education — and may be just as controversial. Senate Bill 1067 would require schools to ...

A New Jersey law that went into effect Jan. 1 to address an ongoing teacher shortage by eliminating certain testing required of aspiring teachers has created a social media frenzy of confusion amid ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Across the country, teachers are seeing a new kind of challenge in their classrooms — not just academic, but practical. From tying ...