The 74 reports that U.S. eighth graders' science skills and interest have declined post-COVID, with proficiency falling from ...

Most people in the math education space agree that students need to be fluent with basic math facts. By the time kids are in ...

An analysis of data from 200,000 students using a computer-assisted math program supports an optimistic view of skill-focused ...

Mathematics be a tricky subject, and many students struggle to get the hang of it, finding it difficult to solve problems and equations in class. It requires a special sort of attention that one can’t ...

Latrenda Knighten has always liked math. As a child, she remembers breezing through timed tests ‒ high speed, low stakes assignments that challenge students to complete a number of simple problems in ...

If math was never your strongest subject, take a number. But veteran teacher Courtney Phillips discovered math is hidden in an ancient game. In 20 years as a 4th grade teacher, she observed that math ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Linda Darling-Hammond is an expert on education research and policy. PISA scores reveal deep problems in how the United States ...

The U.S. secretary of education is having issues with basic math. Linda McMahon testified on Trump’s 2026 budget before the Senate on Tuesday. While discussing spending on federal grants programs for ...

A new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) finds that only one in eight elementary teacher preparation programs nationwide devote enough time to teaching fundamental math content ...

It’s a question that high school and middle school math teachers have heard many times. Some educators think it’s because math instruction is stuck in a rut. Procedural, boring and, in some cases, ...

1 Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institute of Mathematics Education, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany 2 Faculty of Education, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany In this ...