To learn math, students must build a mental toolbox of facts and procedures needed for different problems. But students who can recall these foundational facts in isolation often struggle to use them ...

Editor’s Note: Janet English, Academic Coach for El Toro High School in California, spent six months in Finland on a Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching. While there, she discovered a tool to ...

Why do you teach? “I love to interact with the kids and have them get to that point where they have the ‘ aha ’ moment, or ...

As the world economy shifts away from manufacturing jobs and towards service industry and creative jobs, there’s a consensus among parents, educators, politicians and business leaders that it is ...

A set of guidelines adopted by 45 states this year may turn children into "little mathematicians" who don't know how to do actual math. A few weeks ago, I wrote an article for TheAtlantic.com ...

(TNS) — BUHL — In his robotics class at Buhl Middle School, sixth-grader Jonathan Zamora is learning about the process of trial and error. “We’re getting to ...

Fifth-graders are direct, and are genuinely keen to understand their peers rather than criticizing them. We can learn a lot from them. “Have you ever invented anything for people who have nothing?” a ...

The New York State Education Department is pushing new math guidelines, including a recommendation that teachers stop giving timed quizzes — because it stresses students out. The new guidelines also ...