New research findings reveal that parents' anxiety about mathematics can have a negative impact on their children's early numeracy skills, influencing their performance in the subject as they progress ...

The new plan does not mandate a certain way of teaching math. Instead, it encourages schools to shift away from rote ...

According to the most recent state report card, only 38.4% of Illinois students met the state’s standards for proficiency in ...

Andrew Hacker, a political science professor at Queens College, says all students don't need to learn calculus, geometry and trigonometry. He's pushing for the adoption of "numeracy" -- which would ...

The Illinois State Board of Education formally adopted a plan Wednesday aimed at improving math instruction and boosting ...

As you may remember from your own (in)glorious youth, most university students are required to take a statistics course even if they hate math and aren’t in a particularly numbers-heavy major. Ellen ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apr. 19—The Alabama Numeracy Act, a state law passed in this year's legislative session and signed this month by the governor, ...

The Illinois State Board of Education approved its first-ever Statewide Numeracy Plan to improve math instruction. Peter ...

Longitudinal relations between parents' math anxiety at 3 years of age and children's mathematical development and math anxiety from 3 to 8 years of age. Credit: Journal of Experimental Child ...

Apr. 19—The Alabama Numeracy Act, a state law passed in this year's legislative session and signed this month by the governor, gets generally high grades from local education officials, but they worry ...