At Fair Oaks Elementary in Brooklyn Park, teacher Michelle Kennedy pushes her math students to give her more than just the right answer. Her tactic was on display during a recent lesson when she asked ...

Students’ math scores have plummeted, national assessments show, and educators are working hard to turn math outcomes around. But it’s a challenge, made harder by factors like math anxiety, students’ ...

For much of her teaching career, Carrie Stark relied on math games to engage her students, assuming they would pick up concepts like multiplication by seeing them in action. The kids had fun, but the ...

This post originally appeared on the Inside School Research blog. First grade teachers facing a class full of students struggling with math were more likely to turn to music, movement, and ...

A new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) finds that most states fall short when it comes to preparing and supporting elementary teachers to effectively teach math, despite the ...