A dip in math scores on the latest SAT could trigger minor changes in how math is taught in high school. Students in the Class of 2004 who took the college placement exam had an average of 519 on the ...

The ultimate motivator for kids to do their best in math isn't the promise of rewards or desire to make a parent proud, recent research reveals. For 55% of kids, it's proving to themselves that "they ...

As a math educator, I often find myself in conversations with parents who tell me, "I was never good at math, so it's not surprising my son isn't good either." I've also spoken with teachers who tell ...

Michael Treadow played on the soccer, basketball and tennis teams at the high school this year. He was also a stalwart on the school’s mathematics team and says there are parallels between his ...

A hallmark of math is that it's the same everywhere. But Shelby County Schools is overhauling the way it's taught, a change students will notice in their first classes as the new school year begins ...

“The only way to close achievement gaps is to slow down the fast learners.” Compared to other disciplines, mathematics has a much smaller number of concepts to learn. As a result, the students with ...

Morning Edition catches up today with one New Jersey mom's way of teaching math to her children: bedtime problems "that soon became a beloved routine." Laura Overdeck, as it says on her Bedtime Math ...

Over the course of your life, how many times have you heard someone declare they’re “not a math person”? Probably too many to count (no pun intended). Whenever I hear someone say this, I immediately ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Algebra classes taught by Nadine Ebri look different than the ones you probably took in school. She starts each school year with a team meeting among her middle school classes.

The problem with social media in-jokes is they don’t stay funny for long. Someone takes them too seriously, then they become overblown commentaries on society as a whole, and then a media outlet goes ...