When Ontario’s standardized test results were released last month, they pointed to the trouble many students are having learning math − but some boards have been excelling. Half of Grade 6 students ...

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If math was never your strongest subject, take a number. But veteran teacher Courtney Phillips discovered math is hidden in an ancient game. In 20 years as a 4th grade teacher, she observed that math ...

Anna Clinkman graduated with an advanced diploma from her Birmingham homeschool group. But when she got to college in the early 2000s, she had to take remedial math. “I literally did not understand ...

A first-generation immigrant who left a career in finance to follow his passion for teaching has written an eye-opening new memoir of his experience navigating what he calls "wokeness" in the U.S.

The start of a new school year brings adjustments to routines and schedules for students. Students are encouraged to learn life lessons beyond academics, such as being a friend and taking ...

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 ...

Some truths don’t hit you until life has already tested you—and by then, they change everything about how you move through the world. Some truths take decades to really sink in. We might hear them in ...

Nationwide student math achievement has yet to return to pre-pandemic levels, gaps between the highest and lowest-performing students continue to grow This story was originally published by Chalkbeat.

After a day spent cuddling, carrying, consoling, and serving as a human jungle gym, many mothers reach bedtime feeling “touched out," physically and emotionally depleted from constant contact. Their ...

The U.S. secretary of education is having issues with basic math. Linda McMahon testified on Trump’s 2026 budget before the Senate on Tuesday. While discussing spending on federal grants programs for ...