In the minds of many people, math lives in the classroom—on blackboards, in textbooks, and in tests. New research from Amber ...

Math is not always learned from textbooks. Sometimes, the best lessons begin around a kitchen table. A simple family activity ...

In a bid to improve state test scores, New York City public schools have embarked on a major undertaking to standardize math instruction across its middle and high schools — but some teachers have ...

A dribble and a jump shot, followed by a fractions task. That is what physical education classes looked like for a group of pupils, and the pupils not only found the lessons more engaging than ...

Helping students see how what they are learning in school is relevant to their lives, hopes, and dreams enhances motivation. It can also be challenging to teachers who are tasked with covering a lot ...

It’s a common experience for many New York City parents. They sit down to help their kids with math homework, only to be totally flummoxed. Part of the reason is math instruction has undergone a ...

Students in Years 1 and 2, the equivalent of kindergarten and first grade in the U.S., prepare for a math lesson at St. Clair School in Dunedin, New Zealand. Credit: Becki Moss for The Hechinger ...