We know the struggle with mathematics—for both teachers and students—all too well. Students’ math scores, as per the “Nation’s Report Card,” have plunged to record lows. Misconceptions in early grades ...

In the latest version of the Nation’s Report Card, students’ math scores fell an average of five points for fourth graders and eight points for eighth graders nationwide. This historic drop in scores ...

Few elementary education programs give future teachers enough exposure to foundational math concepts, like number sense and algebraic reasoning, before they reach the classroom. That’s the upshot of a ...

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 ...

The Ohio Senate’s version of the state budget bill would change the way Ohio students learn math. Ohio schools’ math and reading scores on state tests dropped significantly during the COVID pandemic.

California has a new math framework that stresses making math relevant to all students’ lives and teaching big ideas and concepts. Critics say it will cause more students to fail, by de-emphasizing ...