Become the math teacher your future students need. There’s a difference between learning a subject and learning to teach it. You’ll want to do both to be the kind of teacher that inspires their ...

Few elementary education programs give future teachers enough exposure to foundational math concepts, like number sense and algebraic reasoning, before they reach the classroom. That’s the upshot of a ...

From more than 50 years of teaching experience, I’ve learned that elementary school teachers are typically more comfortable teaching reading. They delight in watching students become readers. They ...

In the latest version of the Nation’s Report Card, students’ math scores fell an average of five points for fourth graders and eight points for eighth graders nationwide. This historic drop in scores ...

President Obama earlier this year announced a new initiative, “Computer Science for All,” to empower a generation of American students with the computing skills they need to thrive in a digital ...

AB 615 would require schools to implement three numeracy-based tests per year for students starting in kindergarten through eighth grade.

Just to see the kids learning, those a-ha moments, when they solve a math problem. Math is my Passion. I love math and I love ...

The students in math professor Jan Koop’s summer workshops this year used pattern blocks, geoboards and other hands-on teaching tools to understand mathematical concepts. In their quest for better ...

In education circles, early literacy — such as ensuring all children are reading by third grade — gets a lot of attention, and rightfully so. Early reading skills have been shown to have a profound ...

A university report found a sharp rise in first-year students lacking high school math proficiency. At UCSD, where more than ...