This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — It is a math tool designed by a ...

When students at a Florida school came home insisting they use a new form of multiplication called Common Core, it led to frustration and confusion among parents, who for years used the traditional ...

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Teachers draw maps to visualize directions described in a picture book. Spatial awareness is a key early math concept. Credit: Camilla Forte/ The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic ...

A blend of family attitudes, cultural ideas, and frustration often lead students to believe that math ability is a fixed trait like eye color, teachers say. They believe they are either born with the ...

Mathematics is created by humans, math teachers are humans and math students are humans. Yet many contemporary math classrooms erase humans from the equation. “Often mathematics is talked about as if ...

Getting early-childhood educators more comfortable with teaching math was the focus of a summer workshop held by the Erikson Institute in Chicago, Ill. Credit: Camilla Forte/The Hechinger Report The ...

Bobson Wong (@bobsonwong) has taught high school math in New York City public schools since 2005. He is a three-time recipient of the Math for America Master Teacher fellowship, a recipient of the New ...

During the day, I teach Algebra I classes to high school freshmen in Springfield, Missouri. One night per week, I teach preservice elementary school teachers who serve as paraprofessionals at K-12 ...

WEBVTT TERRI, HOW DID THIS IDEA START?TERRI: WE ALL LEARNED MATH ONEWAY, BUT NOW KIDS ARE LEARNINGIT A DIFFERENT METHOD.IT IS FRUSTRATING FOR PARENTSWHO DON'T UNDERSTAND THE NEWSTANDARDS.A TEACHER ...