Ubiquitous screens, classroom chaos, a dearth of qualified teachers: The reasons our children are struggling in math class are multitude. I can tell you the story of how math instruction is failing ...

Reflex Math (reflexmath.com) is a game-based learning platform that helps students become math fact fluent. Reflex games are interactive and fast-paced providing students with a fun and motivational ...

When Mike Kenny was a fifth-grade teacher in Essex Junction, he learned early in his career that the traditional way to teach math, which includes repetitive practice of math problems, did not work ...

Helping students to develop math fluency takes more than just flash cards. It requires teaching them how to think about numbers. And while that may seem daunting, most kids enjoy sharpening their math ...

In “Do Sports Explain the ‘Math Gender Gap’?” (op-ed, Sept. 8), J.T. Young speculates whether “the way we teach math is somehow biased against girls.” A related issue is that recent teaching ...

Once kids become first graders, many have started to see relationships between numbers and are using early math skills in their lives. Addition and subtraction are often the main focus in school, so ...

First graders Meghan Chan, Jacob Young and Thomas Coppola represented Locust School in Garden City at the 2025 First in Math New York Statewide Mathematics Championship, held on May 31 at the New York ...

A modern Red Riding Hood on her way to Grandma’s house can meander through the woods, or drive down the interstate, or even climb a mountain to come around the back way. All those routes will get her ...

This is the 12th Danville District 118 First Grade Math Challenge. It was started by teacher Rena Pate with four teams from Danville School District 118's Southwest and Cannon elementary ...

Summary: A new review shows that children learn arithmetic most effectively through a structured approach that integrates conceptual understanding with brief timed practice and reflection. Rather than ...

What’s the best way for children to learn arithmetic—memorizing number values and multiplication tables or studying math at a deeper, conceptual level? Educators have long debated the merits of these ...

A dad in Virginia ended up turning to social media for help after becoming confused by a first-grade math problem. Math seems to be a problem for many young Americans. In 2022, the Programme for ...