Proposals for boosting the federal role in improving math and science education seem to be almost entirely addressed to increasing the supply of qualified teachers (“Bush Proposes Steps to Boost Math ...

Los Angeles sixth-grader Alana Matthews thinks that someday she might like to be an astronaut. But on a recent morning, she was focused on a more immediate goal: tweaking the designs on a paper rocket ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — About two dozen second graders sat on the carpet at the front of Jacquelyn Anthony’s classroom, reviewing how to make tens. “Two needs eight!” the students yelled out together. “Six ...

A consensus is growing among members of Congress, educators, and corporate leaders in favor of a stronger federal effort to bolster mathematics and science education from the earliest grades through ...

As a former math teacher, every Teacher Appreciation Week reminds me of the math-themed gifts I received from students — from a personalized calculator to a coffee mug adorned with equations. As I ...

Mississippi fourth graders’ average math scores on the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress were higher than their peers in at least 18 other states and in 20 other states in reading — a ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Whenever Corey Webel introduces himself to someone as a math educator, he inevitably receives a passionate story or two about an experience — usually negative — someone had with a ...

Middle school math class probably isn’t on most people’s lists of favorite school memories. But that could be changing in one central Alabama school district thanks to the efforts of a corps of math ...

After years of declining test scores, the Maine Department of Education is introducing a plan to bolster math and literacy skills statewide. The department is taking a more hands-on approach than it ...

When he teaches a math class, Tom Fisher wants students to feel confused. At least, he wants them to feel that way occasionally and temporarily. Mostly an administrator these days, Fisher still ...

American students have been falling behind in math for decades—with test scores that consistently rank in the bottom 25% globally compared to students in other developed countries—and the COVID-19 ...