Do you remember the days when 5+5=10? For parents who grew up in the ’80s and ’90s, it was that simple. But now, as many of us help our kids with their homework using the new Common Core math ...

A math handout sent home by teachers at my son's school struck me as so absurd that I thought for sure the parents were getting punked. The exercise demonstrated how to do the new way of long division ...

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. As routines for the new school year get underway, many parents are looking forward to ...

Parents responding to a national survey rank math as the most important subject students take in school, but they also rated it as the course most in need of updating and improvement. That’s the key ...

A new survey finds New York parents worry about the quality of their kids’ math education. The EdTrust-New York survey finds ...

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FLORISSANT • The 40 parents sat in child-sized chairs inside the library of Barrington Elementary School and watched intently as a fourth-grade teacher wrote a problem on the smartboard. Then she ...

Four months into the school year, parents and students remain frustrated over changes to Fort Wayne Community Schools' math program – and they let staff know it Monday. An informational session about ...

The designers for Monte Vista Elementary School’s proposed outdoor classroom had some key questions to answer: What materials could they use while staying under the district’s $10,000 budget? How much ...

A majority of parents say their child hasn't taken algebra by eighth grade in a new poll of Massachusetts parents. About one-third of Massachusetts K-12 parents are concerned with their child’s math ...

Richard Rusczyk, founder of Art of Problem Solving, has a vision for bringing “joyous, beautiful math” — and problem-solving — to classrooms everywhere. When Richard Rusczyk became interested in math ...

Counting bears are frequently used in early childhood classrooms and may be especially useful for students with math disabilities as they learn that numbers correspond with a certain quantity of items ...