All those long multiplication tables. Timed tests and “mad minutes” of worksheet problem-solving. Fluency drills. Somehow, getting kids to know their basic math facts continues to be at the heart of ...

Teach For America Greater New Orleans alumna Alexandria Brown shares her journey from aspiring history teacher to math teacher, and how she has seen her students make significant growth in closing ...

Remember the days when working a math problem resulted in a right or wrong answer, and parents had a basic grasp of how to help their children with math homework? Those days predated the Common Core ...

As racial inequity soars on the nation’s radar, math teachers are increasingly bringing social-justice questions into their classrooms to help students see the subject’s relevance and recognize that ...

On a breezy July morning in South Seattle, a dozen elementary-aged students ran math relays behind an elementary school. One by one, they raced to a table, where they scribbled answers to ...

For many people, math lessons might have been a bit of a snooze fest, but this third-grade teacher has found a way to make multiplication incredibly fun for her students—with a little help from Taylor ...

This story has been updated. If you ever doubted whether cooking can help you teach your children about science, math, history and more, here’s an exercise for you: Set a nice, shiny red apple on the ...

My husband and I dropped our son off at college last month. Our nest is officially empty. As we adjust to life without him, we are enjoying a different work schedule with more travel and time with ...

Across the political spectrum, there is growing agreement that money skills belong alongside reading and math in the ...

When it all clicks together for them, children will realize how powerful a tool financial literacy is, and how they can use it to better their own future families. Like many of us, I remember times ...