Using words like ‘factors,’ ‘denominators’ and ‘multiples’ may be part of a constellation of good math teaching practices.

In “Do Sports Explain the ‘Math Gender Gap’?” (op-ed, Sept. 8), J.T. Young speculates whether “the way we teach math is somehow biased against girls.” A related issue is that recent teaching ...

Turn and talk with sentence stems: Give sentence starters at multiple levels: “Multiplication is…” for some students, and ...

"I like to get to know my kids before I actually start teaching," said Price, a fourth-grade math, science and social studies teacher at Huntington Intermediate. "Each one comes from a different ...

Paul Kihn, deputy mayor of education for the District, speaks at a press conference alongside DCPS Chancellor Lewis Ferebee.(WTOP/Scott Gelman) D.C. fourth graders made major strides in math on the ...

Inside her fifth-grade classroom at Brandon Elementary School, teacher Jill Carlson sees her students slumped in their chairs ...

Chelsea McDonald of Lothian Elementary is Maryland’s 2025 Elementary School Outstanding Mathematics Educator of the Year. McDonald, who is in the final week of her 11th year teaching fourth-grade math ...

A recently released report has criticized the effectiveness of California’s teacher preparation programs, specifically when it comes to training new elementary school teachers in math education. Cal ...