Getting math right for the students and teachers of Georgia has been a priority of mine since Day One. One of my first actions as state school superintendent was working with the state Board of ...

CHICAGO -- Here's a shout-out to fellow gray-hairs who learned math the "old-fashioned" way, by memorizing simple formulas along with facts about addition and multiplication. This technique is ...

Shanaya Amernath is solving a worksheet of math problems. Some of the calculations involve several digits, exponents and conversions to metrics. She completes the worksheet using mental math faster ...

Subtract within 1000 using various representations, strategies, and algorithms. Warm up with a Mystery Math Mistake to find a mistake made in using an algorithm for addition and subtraction. Subtract ...

I am a bit troubled by this new column from state Superintendent Richard Woods in which he decries “funny math methods.” I have never understood the assumption that somehow, if parents in Georgia ...

I don’t typically write responses to other opinion pieces, but there was one two weeks ago about new techniques in elementary math education that has inspired me. The main complaint was that there are ...