A statewide numeracy plan is intended to guide teachers, schools and districts in developing strategies for improving student ...

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

Students with learning disabilities and other challenges may find word problems difficult even when they know the math, so ...

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

Researchers tested a research-based intervention with English learners with math difficulty. The intervention proved to boost comprehension and help students synthesize and visualize information, ...

A new Carnegie Mellon University neuroimaging study reveals the mental stages people go through as they are solving challenging math problems. Published in Psychological Science, researchers combined ...

Richard Rusczyk, founder of Art of Problem Solving, has a vision for bringing “joyous, beautiful math” — and problem-solving — to classrooms everywhere. When Richard Rusczyk became interested in math ...

Math is a problem — one that a relentless onslaught of testing has not solved. Some assume kids are the ones failing, but it’s time to acknowledge that it’s our tests and the curriculum they determine ...