One of the most hotly contested teaching practices concerns a single minute of math class. Should teachers pull out their stopwatches and administer one-page worksheets in addition, subtraction, ...

DON’T LET THE TITLE DO THE MATH. 24 OVER SEVEN FOOL YOU. IT’S NOT ABOUT THE NUMBERS. IT’S A MENTORING PROGRAM. IT’S MEANT TO EMPOWER KIDS AND HELP THOSE STUDENTS BUILD CHARACTER. KCCI MARCUS MCINTOSH ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Math. It’s been known to make palms sweat and hearts race. Plenty of Kern County residents — students and parents especially — ...

Seventh grader Laila Washington: “You get to learn a lot” at Math Counts. Credit: Maya McFadden pHoto Sohan Bendre (right) refreshes students on what a variable is. If you write out the numbers from 1 ...

Are boys innately better at math and science? The question has generated heated debate for decades, with some researchers theorizing that differences in brain activity and hormones give males a ...

Britain’s prime minister thinks students need to learn more math. The British prime minister’s announcement has sparked heated debate abroad about the value of continuing math education into the upper ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This article was originally published in The Hechinger Report. ASTON, Pa.— In Jodie Murphy’s kindergarten class, math lessons go ...

When it comes to teaching math, a debate has persisted for decades: How, and to what degree, should algorithms be a focus of learning math? The step-by-step procedures are among the most debated ...

From analyzing large datasets to modeling real-world systems, students can apply their math skills across many fields. Math majors learn to think logically, reason analytically, and solve complex ...

There is no special “math gene” that naturally makes some people better at math than others. Credit: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our ...