Across the country, parents are discovering that what their children bring home from school looks very little like what they once learned. It isn’t just math — reading lessons, writing expectations, ...
It should come as no surprise to anyone that to succeed in a science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) field, one needs a solid foundation in mathematics. When my sons entered college, even ...
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California will officially adopt a new "equity" and "social justice" based mathematics framework for its K-12 schools after a vote from the State Board of Education on Wednesday. After multiple ...
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A math handout sent home by teachers at my son's school struck me as so absurd that I thought for sure the parents were getting punked. The exercise demonstrated how to do the new way of long division ...
Many New York City students will soon be taught math using a new curriculum, Mayor Eric Adams said Monday, announcing an effort to improve stubbornly low proficiency rates. The effort to create a more ...
The developer of a new math curriculum in New York City schools said in an interview that teachers are in the midst of a “learning process” with the materials that will improve after a bumpy roll-out ...
For centuries, mathematicians have categorized infinities into a kind of ladder. The infinite set of natural numbers (1, 2, 3 ...
State education leaders are redesigning the math and reading standards used in North Carolina’s public schools at a time when some state lawmakers want to have more say on what’s taught. The State ...
Economics majors at Penn are no longer required to take MATH 1400: "Calculus I" and MATH 1410: "Calculus II" after the creation of two new math courses. In an attempt to adapt Penn’s math curriculum ...
A new math curriculum project at Calvin College is complete and ready to be used by middle school and high school teachers across the country and beyond. The project comes from the Kuyers Institute ...