Every now and again, homework takes social media by storm. Sometimes it’s a young child’s vexing assignment, or a classic brain teaser. But the problem above that’s stirred such debate is really just ...
Every two years, hundreds of thousands of American fourth and eighth grade students take a test called the National Assessment of Educational Progress. The test evaluates students’ reading and math ...
The teachers handed the parents an assignment, on fourth-grade fractions. One mother tapped her fingers and furrowed her brow. Parents put their heads together over a white board and debated whether ...
Alabama’s 2022 law reshaped math instruction at the elementary level by providing money for all schools to hire math coaches ...
A set of guidelines adopted by 45 states this year may turn children into "little mathematicians" who don't know how to do actual math. A few weeks ago, I wrote an article for TheAtlantic.com ...
Mississippi fourth graders’ average math scores on the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress were higher than ...
WASHINGTON — The results of the latest Nation’s Report Card are in and the news isn’t good. Fourth-graders made no improvements in math or reading, while eighth-graders’ scores were flat in math and ...