Students often struggle to connect math with the real world. Word problems—a combination of words, numbers, and mathematical operations—can be a perfect vehicle to take abstract numbers off the page.

California State Superintendent Tony Thurmond visits Burbank Elementary to highlight how Spanish-speaking students are ...

Clarification: This story has been updated to clarify how University of Colorado researchers handle their data collection. A student digs into a math problem that references his favorite superhero, ...

Bill Gates wrote a blog post in October suggesting three ways to improve math education. He says he believes math skills are a "powerful indicator" of future success. Gates, once criticized by a ...

U.S. students are experiencing a math crisis marked by a decline in scores that began over a decade ago and rapidly ...