There’s another concern with finding the right materials, said Tiffany Miera, a 5th grade math and science teacher at Needham Elementary School in Durango, Colo. (Miera was not involved in the ...

Learning foundational elementary math - which includes addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, decimals, fractions as well as other concepts - is essential to doing well in middle school ...

Teaching elementary school math just got trickier, or at least deeper. The new Common Core State Standards require students to demonstrate a deeper understanding of math concepts, which means teachers ...

Elementary math teacher Margie Howells teaches a 5th grade class at Wheeling Country Day School in Wheeling, W.V., on Sept. 5, 2023. A new survey of U.S. adults finds that they don't agree on the ...

Many elementary school teachers are anxious about teaching math, and studies show their students learn less from them. Math should be taught by specialists starting in kindergarten.

Hosts of families around the country find it hard to adapt to the way Common Core addresses elementary math, ... Curran would allow students to create a box chart, deconstructing the 25 into ...

Not much has changed since 2000, when the U.S. scored along the OECD average in every subject: This year, the U.S. scores below average in math and ranks 17th among the 34 OECD countries.

Denver's Goldrick Elementary celebrates math and literacy growth on state tests 01:59. Families across the state learning today how their kids and schools performed on standardized tests after the ...

Young math buffs from Moorsbridge Elementary School got to test their problem-solving skills during the 2018 WMU Math Challenge, held in April at the school. Students in grades 2-5 gathered to test ...