Sudoku and other puzzles can incorporate play and critical thinking skills, while easing students into solving standard math ...

EdSource · How a California professor once coded secrets in music (rebroadcast) Enrolling students in high school math courses is a high-stakes endeavor with an outsize effect on students’ college ...

We have yet to see any rebound in middle school math on the nation’s report card, where scores declined by 8 points from 2019 to 2022 and remained at that low point when kids last took NAEP in 2024.

This story originally appeared in the February 2025 issue of Texas Monthly as part of our public-education feature, “What Our Schools Actually Need.” Humans have been learning math for thousands of ...

Five states — Georgia, California, Tennessee, Utah and Oregon — have better aligned high school and college math courses in recent years, with measurable results, according to an equity-focused ...

Students in Kristen Gonsoir’s classroom at Groton Area High School in Groton, S.D., spend a lot of time solving equations together. Early this school year, they passed almost an entire period working ...

Chance Harrison and Jaylen Garibay, seniors at Rio Mesa High School, compare data and work on an analysis they collected on student stress levels. Credit: Javeria Salman/The Hechinger Report The ...

HURRICANE, Washington County — Americans have a complicated relationship with math. Studies reveal that a vast majority of adults living in the United States believe math skills are essential — but ...

Bill Whitaker is an award-winning journalist and 60 Minutes correspondent who has covered major news stories, domestically and across the globe, for more than four decades with CBS News. A high school ...

In her 12 years of teaching, Kash Deaton has developed techniques that put problem-solving in students’ hands.

Middle school is often a time of change for students. New friends, new schools, and a time of physical growth during the sticky subject of puberty. It's also a critical period during another sticky ...