When students begin to see themselves as math thinkers, they engage actively, explore creatively, and feel more motivated.

Few education issues elicit as much resolute support from political and business leaders as the call for higher standards in mathematics. The idea of requiring students to complete more years of ...

Debates over how to teach math echo the conflicts over reading instruction, and some issues are similar. But unlike math, reading—in its full sense—draws on everything a person has been able to learn.

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My 2nd grader finishes his math enrichment, then gleefully creates blank versions for his dad and me to try: a subtraction-based, number-placement logic puzzle, intended to be challenging. My husband ...

When 50 mathematicians spend a week in the woods, there’s no telling what will happen. And that’s the point. In February, before the COVID-19 pandemic locked down cities and closed borders, I spent ...