Notably, taking Algebra 1 and 8th grade math together boosted all students’ scores—not just those of students who were less ...
Education leaders across New Jersey acknowledge that student achievement in mathematics is not where it needs to be. This longstanding failure – only exacerbated by the pandemic -- continues today, as ...
Math education is rapidly changing. And while there are real headwinds with respect to math achievement, the new ideas and curricula that are emerging have the potential to power real progress for ...
This story originally appeared in the February 2025 issue of Texas Monthly as part of our public-education feature, “What Our Schools Actually Need.” Humans have been learning math for thousands of ...
San Francisco middle school students will be able to take Algebra 1 again for the first time since the Obama years — albeit as an elective.
Critics of the school board’s 2014 decision to remove the course are optimistic but say pre-middle school math offerings ...
A seemingly simple math problem has left social media users confused as they argue over the correct answer. The equation, shared by user @BholanathDutta on X, appears simple enough for grade school ...
Toward the end of a math lesson on a sunny Friday in October, fourth-grade teacher D’Atra Howard and math instructional coach LaVeda Gray ducked out of the classroom to huddle. Howard’s students at ...
Two Tennessee school districts bucked the national trend of middle school math scores failing to recover from pandemic-era slides. Credit: Andrea Morales for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report ...