The ongoing math wars plus persistent teacher pipeline issues are among the most powerful forces behind students’ longstanding poor performance in the subject, a new study finds. The Center on ...

For years, students in San Francisco’s public schools have not been able to take Algebra 1 until high school. But after years of parent pushback, the school district is expected to revamp its Algebra ...

You know what I mean. The homework comes home in the backpack, unrecognizable, with circles and dots and arrows where equations used to be. The kids ask for help; parents have fits; the teachers gripe ...

I’ve had a lot of people tell me there’s been a reduction, however slight or gradual, in the level of bluster and acrimony emanating from various combatants in the so-called “math wars” in recent ...

As a math teacher, I believe that “basic skills” are more than competency in computation — they are the foundation for critical thinking and advanced learning. Since my opinion is in the minority, I ...

Editorials and other Opinion content offer perspectives on issues important to our community and are independent from the work of our newsroom reporters. By Paola Sztajn In the 1990s, discussions ...