Math is all around us: the music you listen to, the vehicles you drive and even the food you bake can all be represented mathematically. But for most kids - and many adults - the word math evokes ...

These 4th Grade Math Journal Writing Prompts will have kids reflect on the subject, encourage math discussion, and practice math vocabulary. My son isn’t the biggest fan of math. We’ve tried ...

Fluency drills. Somehow, getting kids to know their basic math facts continues to be at the heart of some of the loudest disagreements in mathematics education. Let’s put this old misconception ...

The Nation’s Report Card makes one thing painfully clear: American kids are failing in math, and the education system has been failing them for decades. New research from National Center for ...

Books with math concepts woven into the storyline can help build skills in imaginative ways. They can also motivate kids who don’t like math to get more excited about it. Here are some of our ...

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 ...

There may be small variations to this sequence, but that’s more or less how most kids learn math in the U.S. How Math Became an Object of the Culture Wars Read Part I of Jay Caspian Kang’s ...

According to an anonymous parent in the piece, über goal-oriented parents of means are enrolling their kids in Russian Math, which is “a trend now among preschool parents who’ve heard that ...

Kids can enroll as young as age 5. “Earlier is always better, as with any other type of development,” Gershman said. “Math is a tool to shape how a child thinks.” The school is quick to ...

Stronger math skills could be the result of all the other things that wealthier and more educated parents are giving their kids — nutritious meals, a good night’s sleep, visits to museums and ...