Fourth grade math is a big leap, but it doesn’t have to feel overwhelming. With smart lesson planning, diagnostic tools, and gamified activities, teachers can make learning both effective and ...

Every now and again, homework takes social media by storm. Sometimes it’s a young child’s vexing assignment, or a classic brain teaser. But the problem above that’s stirred such debate is really just ...

Fourth grade math doesn’t have to be worksheets and groans — it can be full of games, real-world challenges, and creative projects that spark curiosity. From multiplication bingo to problem-solving ...

In fourth grade, students focus most on using all four operations - addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division - to solve multi-step word problems involving multi-digit numbers. Fourth-grade ...

Every two years, hundreds of thousands of American fourth and eighth grade students take a test called the National Assessment of Educational Progress. The test evaluates students’ reading and math ...

A few days into the new semester this January, the LaSalle Parish school district in rural Louisiana made a pronouncement: There would be no more homework. None of the 2,500 students in this district ...

A set of guidelines adopted by 45 states this year may turn children into "little mathematicians" who don't know how to do actual math. A few weeks ago, I wrote an article for TheAtlantic.com ...

It turns out you're never too young to understand the meaning of a girl code. One fourth grade girl named Maddy proved that when she took math homework to a whole other level, schooling all of us on ...