Any of us who have ever been in a math classroom know that too many kids lack fundamental arithmetic skills. It is extraordinarily difficult to teach students more advanced skills when their ability ...

One thing both sides of the math-wars debate should agree on is this: Educators can set high standards, but the higher standards only help students if the students have a base of knowledge from which ...

OXNARD, Calif. — On a Wednesday morning in December, Dale Perizzolo’s math class at Adolfo Camarillo High School was anything but quiet. Students chatted about the data analysis they performed on ...

AUSTIN — Texas students were given course options to avoid taking Algebra 2 following new graduation requirements that were approved Friday by the state. The State Board of Education voted 14-1 to ...

San Francisco school officials have released a long-awaited plan that allows proficient eighth-graders to skip ahead to ...

Pre-algebra (Math 1090) enhances students’ basic math skills through the study of key skill strands that are explored across different types of numbers, including whole numbers, fractions, signed ...

Add this to California school boards’ to-do lists for 2016: Create a clear-cut, objective policy for determining which incoming 9 th-grade students qualify to accelerate their sequence of math courses ...