Want to learn more? Sign up for a free five-week email mini-course full of research-backed strategies to help students make sense of math. In Sarah Cuddihy’s 1st grade class at Driscoll School here, ...

Benjamin Franklin Elementary in Connecticut overhauled the way it taught — and the way it ran the classroom. Every minute counted. By Sarah Mervosh MERIDEN, Conn. — It’s just after lunchtime, and Dori ...

One elementary school in California says it has found the key to turning around persistently stagnant math scores: Heavy investment in teacher preparation, to improve not only classroom instruction ...

That joyfulness can extend even to the more mundane lessons, like learning new vocabulary, which historically has involved ...

“This is a really big deal,” Shawnee Elementary School principal Sean Killen said Wednesday at an assembly at the school. Everyone found time for First in Math activities despite the adjustment to ...

Two students in Danielle Adler’s kindergarten class at Marcus Hook Elementary School in Marcus Hook, Pa., prepare for an addition problem. Credit: Holly Korbey for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...

Many elementary teachers have math anxiety stemming from their own schooling, which can impact their students' math performance. Ohio colleges are working to better prepare future teachers by focusing ...

When Baltimore’s chief academic officer and other school officials saw the stark results of a state standardized math exam in the summer of 2022, they set a plan to overhaul how students learn math.