NEW YORK — At the kitchen table in Brooklyn, N.Y., Victoria Morey has been known to sit down with her 9-year-old son and do something she’s not supposed to. “I am a rebel,” this mother of two ...

Students are welcomed back to a public school reopened after the pandemic. But students have a long way to go to recover lost time. (Los Angeles Times) There's nothing good to say about the ...

Math scores, as reflected on standardized tests in the United States, continue to be dreadfully low. The number of American students completing degrees in mathematics and engineering is at an all-time ...

Common Core math is getting the works from critics: It's too demanding for most kids; holds back the speedy kids; not the same as what parents already know; makes kids cry. It even promotes "fuzzy ...

A former student sent me a copy of Ramsey Campbell’s column “Old math, New Math, how ’bout just plain phooey on math,” in the April 25 edition of the Lake Sentinel. Opinions are like noses — we all ...

Hot take: I love mathematics. From basic addition to multivariable calculus, learning and discovering the intricacies of how math works is absolutely fascinating. My late grandmother was a mathematics ...

CHICAGO — As a high-school algebra teacher, the most common question I got from students was: "Why do we have to learn this? When will it ever matter?" I had to answer this same question in a "Methods ...

Mary has six apples and four times as many oranges. How many more oranges than apples does she have? Pencils down. How did you do? If you went to school in this country, you likely solved the problem ...

As a math educator, I often find myself in conversations with parents who tell me, "I was never good at math, so it's not surprising my son isn't good either." I've also spoken with teachers who tell ...

"Down and Dirty: A How to Math Book" is a solid primer for anyone needing to brush-up on the fundamentals of mathematics. Former educator and Grand Junction author Phyllis Hunsinger walks readers ...

Things are so bad in the Clark County School District that even some of its five-star schools have a majority of students who aren’t proficient in math. In two five-star schools, that number is under ...

The four Overby siblings have math stars as bookends: My older sister, the former high school mathematics teacher; my younger brother, the civil engineer. Ten years of age separate those two, but part ...