Tonya Clarke has always loved math. But the students she taught during her first year in the classroom 25 years ago decidedly did not. The class of juniors and seniors in Georgia’s Clayton County ...

When it comes to factors that affect a student’s well-being in adulthood, better math skills might not be the first thing that comes to mind. But as it turns out, increasing math scores helps deliver ...

Learning math takes effort and can even feel uncomfortable, but moments of struggle and mistakes are part of the process. Research shows that productive struggle in math leads to better learning. But ...

whiteboards on three sides of the room. He dresses the part too. A long white shirt is a staple of his “The big problem is that students don’t understand math,” Peterson said. “If they can’t learn ...

Students, parents and school principals all instinctively know that some teachers are better than others. Education researchers have spent decades trying — with mixed success — to calculate exactly ...

CHICAGO -- As a high-school algebra teacher, the most common question I got from students was: "Why do we have to learn this? When will it ever matter?" I had to answer this same question in a ...

Math anxiety isn’t just about feeling nervous before a math test. It’s been well-known for decades that students who are anxious about math tend to do worse on math tests and in math classes. But ...

In early May, St. Paul Harding Senior High School math teacher Michael Houston was named Minnesota Teacher of the Year. Getting there, he admits, was a winding road. Born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) keeps upending our ideas about future skill requisites in interesting ways. On one level, AI requires a deep understanding of underlying technology, data science, and ...

Simone Biles competes on the uneven in the women’s gymnastics all-around during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at Bercy Arena. Jack Gruber USA TODAY Sports Remember being a kid during the ...