A controversial new movement promoting the "science of math" has come into the math establishment's crosshairs.

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

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Become the math teacher your future students need. There’s a difference between learning a subject and learning to teach it. You’ll want to do both to be the kind of teacher that inspires their ...

Teachers draw maps to visualize directions described in a picture book. Spatial awareness is a key early math concept. Credit: Camilla Forte/ The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic ...

During the day, I teach Algebra I classes to high school freshmen in Springfield, Missouri. One night per week, I teach preservice elementary school teachers who serve as paraprofessionals at K-12 ...

Math readiness has emerged as a defining education issue for Hawaii as lawmakers and school leaders prepare for the 2026 ...

Re: “Plummeting WA math scores point to trouble. Time for course correction” (April 11, Editorials): While I am certain most of us agree we want the best education possible for students in Washington, ...

The seven subject areas identified in this year’s report are exceptional student education, math, English, general science, ...

Segue Institute for Learning teacher Cassandra Santiago introduces a lesson on word problems to her first graders one spring afternoon. Credit: Phillip Keith for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...

Earlier this week, I wrote about the history of progressive math education, the culture wars it has inspired over the past hundred years, and the controversy over the California Math Framework. Today, ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Algebra classes taught by Nadine Ebri look different than the ones you probably took in school. Students practice equations through singing, dancing and drawing. Activities are ...