Some of the biggest challenges in teaching math aren’t about the numbers and operations themselves, but students’ attitudes toward them. Getting students to think deeply about problems, persevere ...

Claire Madden, a math education specialist for Milwaukee schools, shows teachers different methods of subtracting two-digit numbers. Credit: Abby J. McFarland for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...

A third-grade math teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina, is using her own experiences to help give students real-life lessons about money and finances. Shelby Lattimore is using fake money to show ...

The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing agreed this week to create a new teaching credential for pre-kindergarten through third grade that will require teacher candidates to show they are ...

“What is a fraction?” asked Denise Pusateri, JPS mathematics coordinator, to a group of fifth and sixth grade teachers. The question may seem to have an easy answer but with the new Common Core ...