Students in Rose Moe’s sixth grade math class at Lincoln Middle School are given a mission each year: to design the ultimate lunchbox. Working in groups of three, they embark on a four to six week ...

All those long multiplication tables. Timed tests and “mad minutes” of worksheet problem-solving. Fluency drills. Somehow, getting kids to know their basic math facts continues to be at the heart of ...

DON’T LET THE TITLE DO THE MATH. 24 OVER SEVEN FOOL YOU. IT’S NOT ABOUT THE NUMBERS. IT’S A MENTORING PROGRAM. IT’S MEANT TO EMPOWER KIDS AND HELP THOSE STUDENTS BUILD CHARACTER. KCCI MARCUS MCINTOSH ...

Create a series of equations to produce each number from 0 to 20, using just '4 Fours' in each equation, along with basic math symbols. Don't forget the standard order of operations, as you'll need to ...

The Racial Justice in Early Math project aims to educate teachers and provide resources to help educators combat racial bias in math instruction. Credit: Phillip Keith for The Hechinger Report The ...

“We call it quantitative literacy, just knowing which fraction is larger or smaller, that the slope is positive when it is ...

Earlier this week, I wrote about the history of progressive math education, the culture wars it has inspired over the past hundred years, and the controversy over the California Math Framework. Today, ...

Math education across the country is in urgent need of redesign, and recent NAEP scores confirm there is no time to waste, with students showing the largest decline in math scores for 4th and 8th ...