Most people in the math education space agree that students need to be fluent with basic math facts. By the time kids are in ...

A national nonprofit that aims to improve math outcomes for students in pre-K-5 found there are four key elements to ...

Dyscalculia is a severe and persistent learning disability in math that affects about 5 to 8 percent of school-age children. Due to its impact on students’ ability to learn and retain basic math facts ...

When you’re solving a challenging math problem, you know your brain is working hard. But what, exactly, is going on in there? Despite decades of research into math teaching and learning, there is ...

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has shared a crucial reason why kids need to keep up with their math homework - as it turns out we actually do need to use it in adult life ...

Many students complain and question math learning in school because they feel it isn’t necessary for their future lives. However, many students don’t realize that math is used and applied everywhere.

Debates over how to teach math echo the conflicts over reading instruction, and some issues are similar. But unlike math, reading—in its full sense—draws on everything a person has been able to learn.

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