I had never heard the term, “math circle,” until a few weeks ago when I stumbled across an article in The Atlantic about the growing number of American kids excelling in the highest levels of math. It ...

It’s 10 a.m. on a Saturday at Cal State Fullerton and students are revved up. It’s Math Circle time. Math Circle is a Saturday program for students in second through 12th grade, most of whom are ...

March 14, National Pi Day, honors 3.14 (π) the ratio of the circumference of a circle. Whether you're challenging yourself to find how many decimal placements are actually in Pi (π) or you're eating ...

Reading and math coaches will be assigned to 1,000 public schools to help teachers master new battle-tested instructional programs and help kids learn, Schools Chancellor Joel Klein announced ...

Mathematics teaching in kindergarten through the eighth grade needs to stress the basics so students learn how to solve problems and develop critical thinking and reasoning skills, according to a ...

Few elementary education programs give future teachers enough exposure to foundational math concepts, like number sense and algebraic reasoning, before they reach the classroom. That’s the upshot of a ...

When it comes to improving the math skills of Ontario students, the $60 million recently pledged by the province will likely just make matters worse, suggests University of Manitoba mathematics ...

Mathematics is often thought of as a subject that a student either understands or doesn't, with little in between. In reality, mathematics encompasses a wide variety of skills and concepts. Although ...