To learn the geometric concept of transformations this year, Crystal Watson’s eighth-graders drew up blueprints of apartments. As they worked, she asked them to imagine designing affordable housing ...

We must admit that most people’s least favorite school subject is maths. It’s difficult, occasionally perplexing, and somewhat demanding, particularly when it comes to ideas like algebra, trigonometry ...

Third grade was a long time ago, and many of us have forgotten even the most basic of principles. Fortunately, they’re pretty ...

Want to learn more? Sign up for a free five-week email mini-course full of research-backed strategies to help students make sense of math. In Sarah Cuddihy’s 1st grade class at Driscoll School here, ...

Amid falling student scores and renewed debates about how the subject should be taught, math is in the spotlight once again. The pandemic, which affected student learning across the board, had ...

Sharma is CEO and co-founder of Zearn, a nonprofit dedicated to transforming K-8 math education. Sharma is also the author of "Math Mind: The Simple Path of Loving Math," a book that dives into how we ...

Everyone loves standardized tests, right? They are just super awesome in my book. SUPER AWESOME. Here in Louisiana there is the LEAP test. I don't know all the details, but I think students have to ...

Algebra is the one course that prevents the most people from graduating high school, and it's the single most failed course in community colleges. Now some educators are questioning whether people ...