At least seven states have recently passed legislation targeting math instruction—laws that require schools to identify and support struggling students and mandate that teachers receive additional ...

Students! Sharpen your pencils because help for your math homework could be on the way. Gov. Jared Polis and state lawmakers unveiled a bill Tuesday that aims to reach 50,000 students who are ...

Is 2/7 larger than 4/11? That’s the question the middle school class was struggling to answer. Fractions hadn’t really connected with the students, says John Barclay, a teacher in Richmond Public ...

Think math is just about numbers and equations? Think again. Research analyzed 49 studies with 37,654 participants and ...

EdSource · Rural schools lose a lifeline to mental health support after Trump cut funding Rural schools lose a lifeline to mental health support after Trump cut funding September 25, 2025 - Schools ...

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There seems to be an ever-escalating concern about the adoption of the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics. Every decade or so there are suggested innovations as to how to best teach ...

Training young children in spatial reasoning can improve their math performance, according to a groundbreaking study. Training young children in spatial reasoning can improve their math performance, ...

Teacher Mark McKinley helps 3rd grader Madeline Lasher make a pentagonal prism using pipe cleaners and straws at Black Butte Elementary School in Shasta County. McKinley is enrolled in a program to ...