COLUMBUS — Middle school students were offered a new tool that would help students to learn math better with a greater understanding of its function and use. Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced a new, ...
Andrew Hacker, a political science professor at Queens College, says all students don't need to learn calculus, geometry and trigonometry. He's pushing for the adoption of "numeracy" -- which would ...
August brings the usual dread of summer’s end and the imminent return to school, now magnified by the uncertainty of a COVID future and painful memories of the COVID past. As if the increased levels ...
We know the struggle with mathematics—for both teachers and students—all too well. Students’ math scores, as per the “Nation’s Report Card,” have plunged to record lows. Misconceptions in early grades ...
There was a time that I thought that understanding math was more useful than memorizing it. A certain amount of memorization is essential, especially for lower-level math. For example, you need to ...
TRACIE POTTS A new report out Thursday says even in the first year of life, babies are grasping basic concepts and preschools need to build on that so kids aren’t left behind when they hit ...