The Georgia state board of education has approved a high school mathematics curriculum modeled after the Japanese approach to teaching math. In a unanimous vote May 12, the board adopted the math ...
At a special meeting last week, the Hinsdale High School District 86 School Board reversed plans to implement a new math curriculum beginning in the fall of 2022. The math curriculum was a hot-button ...
For the last two years, educators at Hinsdale High School District 86 have been working together to understand what the “logical coherent sequence” of courses looks like from freshman year to senior ...
Blacks don’t do as well as whites in math because they are disproportionately enrolled in schools that have adopted “integrated math.” The notion that children will do better in mathematics if they ...
The debate over how to teach math in Georgia public schools has moved into local hands. And metro Atlanta’s biggest systems appear to be leaning in different directions. The state school board on ...
About a year ago I wrote an article asking the question “Integrated Math: Is it working?” This is a follow-up to tell Ramona residents the answer to that question. In short the answer is a resounding ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Linda Darling-Hammond is an expert on education research and policy. This blog was updated on June 24, 2026 to clarify a statistic ...
Supporters say integrated math opens doors to a variety of STEM pathways in high school. The tradeoff? It may leave some ...
You’ll never find me in a math course in college. I never even took the placement test before heading off to school last year, because I’m dead set on avoiding math at all costs. In middle school, I ...