This is the second in a two-part series. Part one can be found here. The debate over what early math should look like and what should be included in the Common Core State Standards for math is one of ...

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For Nicolas Ramos, Legos mean hours of entertainment from building a city to building a train. But for Mom, Maria, it's a teaching moment disguised as play. Bethany Rittle-Johnson is an educational ...

The College Board released its 2014 SAT college-entrance test results today, and here are some highlights of the 2014 SAT math test: 1. Continuing an uninterrupted trend that dates back to at least ...

Re "The New Math: Three Concepts in Two Years; Common Core drives new look at math instruction," July 22 article: In 2008, the National Mathematics Advisory Panel recommended that schools prepare more ...

Mathematical patterns reveal profound truths about the universe and, surprisingly, about our inner lives as well. These five visual math concepts offer unique frameworks for understanding our behavior ...

Remember the graph paper you used at school, the kind that’s covered with tiny squares? It’s the perfect illustration of what mathematicians call a “periodic tiling of space”, with shapes covering an ...