My daughter came to me last Tuesday night with her math homework, and I froze. She's in seventh grade. The worksheet had something about solving two-step equations with variables on both sides, and ...

Shannon Ahern, a high school math and science teacher, was afraid that ChatGPT would take her job. But her mind changed after she started using the AI for class prep, which saved her hours of time.

This change isn’t just about technology. It’s about whether teachers reclaim their role as designers of learning or wait to be told what to do next.

As a young child in Long Island, New York, I struggled to learn how to count. I relied on my fingers to get from one to ten, but what happened after my pinky went down was a mystery. Without physical ...

Even the best math teachers have had students who ace the chapter tests just to go on and struggle with that same content on the final exam—or students who have a hard time grasping more advanced ...

If a college baseball coach wants to improve the hitting average of his team, what should he do in batting practice? Is it more effective to have the players hit 15 fastballs, then 15 curve balls, ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Math education is ...

A superintendent returns to the classroom, rediscovering the joy of teaching math and gaining deeper insight into students and educators.