Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A student at Roybal Learning Center in Los Angeles works during a senior math class in 2019. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times) To ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A student takes notes during a lecture in a college algebra class. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) To the editor: As a ...

To the editor: Math classes should be eliminated and replaced by another recess period. In other words, if mathematics or arithmetic was taught as puzzles to be explored and as a fun activity instead ...

We have had new math, modern math and now we have common core math — none of them are working and the last one is the most ridiculous way to teach math. This is supposed to make children critical ...

Julianne Yoon/Daily. Buy this photo. I am writing in response to the opinion piece that appeared on March 6: “It’s time to stop dreading ‘Michigan Math.’ ” In the piece, the author describes what she ...

Defending reform math Several recent letter writers have asked some interesting questions about reform math. Here are some facts: Reform math is based on how math is taught in other countries that are ...

Re: "Latest new math multiplies frustration," by Abby McCloskey, Sunday Opinion. I read with interest this article about the newly adopted Eureka math curriculum. I am a 30-year veteran Dallas ISD ...

With each passing day, the coronavirus pandemic is rerouting some students’ academic trajectories. That’s among the many frightening but realistic consequences of COVID-19. And an early look at ...

I consider myself a fairly advanced mathematics student, but I must say, a recurring problem in the Beaverton School District's "reform" math is lack of challenge ("X plus why equals division," Jan 12 ...