A former math teacher explains why some students are "good" at math, and others lag behind With math scores on the decline, a professor explains that math isn't a natural skill, but a learned one ...

So Chin and a math assistant principal, in a “blatant disregard” of city and state rules, ordered that 254 students who had been bumped up into geometry classes be taught the algebra they didn ...

She was a teacher of the year in Louisiana's St. Martin Parish in 1996, just before her family moved to Katy. She had a similar honor in 1992 when she was teaching at a private Catholic school.

Photo: Stacey Benuzzi, the math assistant principal for Long Beach Unified in California, works through word problems with students during an Algebra 1 class. (Patrick T. Fallon for Education Week) ...

The Legislature approved $20 million for the California Mathematics Project for training in the new math framework, which was passed in 2023, and $50 million in 2022-23 for instruction in grades ...

When I’m running workshops for school leaders, one of my favorite opening questions to ask is: “How many of you would say that you are math people?” Typically, a few hands go up. I often see the same ...

Some teachers said they still wanted more practical strategies to support students who were multiple grade levels behind.