Early math skills are the building blocks for lifelong learning, and the way we introduce them matters. By blending playful, hands-on activities with thoughtful teaching strategies, we can turn ...

New research shows that children learn math best through a blend of conceptual understanding, timed practice, and reflective discussion. Studies also find that even small amounts of mastery-based ...

Tonya Clarke has always loved math. But the students she taught during her first year in the classroom 25 years ago decidedly did not. The class of juniors and seniors in Georgia’s Clayton County ...

One of the challenges to getting students engaged in math is the perception that it’s a subject where you sit at a desk and do 30 math problems alone. There are a number of ways to make math more ...

Mathnasium is on a mission to help children build confidence and excel in math. With a personalized learning approach and a global network of centers, Mathnasium meets students where they are and ...

In 1999, Po-Shen Loh took home the silver medal as a member of the US International Math Olympiad. Two decades later, much of his life still revolves around math. The team hasn’t been forgotten — if ...

PA Local Heroes is a monthly feature sponsored by Ballard Spahr. Installments appear first in PA Local, Spotlight PA’s weekly ...

The Easthampton Public School District has added a new program called ST Math to the curriculum at Mountain View School. The program focuses on trial and error to ...

I recently helped my daughter with her geometry homework, working on items like transversals, and to no surprise, I found it hard to wrestle with long-forgotten math concepts. I could barely spell ...

Many states have laws aimed at improving literacy, but few are putting the same weight behind targeting math instruction. A recent study by NWEA found that middle and elementary school students’ math ...