Experts agree: Elementary teachers need to have a strong foundation in math. But teacher-preparation programs don’t always dedicate much time to elementary math coursework. That’s starting to change, ...

EdSource · Los Angeles parents fight for and win intensive tutoring for kids hurt by Covid In its “State of the States” report on math instruction published last week, the National Council on Teacher ...

How can teachers help all students become successful in mathematics? It is a deceptively complicated question—one that invites different ideas in the field about how best to prepare students for ...

To the editor: It might behoove Daniel Willingham to take a peek at current math standards and math textbooks for elementary schools. His many complaints about the teaching of math are practically the ...

Corey Webel hopes he won't hear future generations of adults utter the words: "Don't make me do math." Webel directs the elementary math specialist program at the University of Missouri, starting its ...

What mathematical knowledge do elementary teachers use in teaching? About 10 years ago, Deborah Ball and her colleagues at Michigan State University carried out a research project to address this ...

The National Council on Teacher Quality released the 2025 ratings for elementary math instruction, and the teacher education program at the University of Dayton has received an A+. "Under the guidance ...

Many elementary teachers have math anxiety stemming from their own schooling, which can impact their students' math performance. Ohio colleges are working to better prepare future teachers by focusing ...

On March 24, the Northside ISD board of trustees selected three new publishers for the district’s elementary and high schools math curriculum.

American students remain stumped by math. The 2019 scores for the National Assessment of Educational Progress test were published last month, showing that performance for fourth- and eighth-graders ...

When Marilyn Garcia — fourth-grade math teacher at James Stephens Elementary — walked into the Lee County district offices for a field trip in May, she never expected she would be receiving an award. ...