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Want to help your sixth-grader master math? Here are some of the skills your sixth-grader will be learning in the classroom. In a herd of horses, the ratio of legs to tails is 4 to 1 (or 4:1) because ...

Fifty-eight percent of parents said their child has asked for their help with math Homeschooling is not so easy. The average American parent’s science and math knowledge taps out around the ...

The average American parent’s science and math knowledge taps out around the sixth-grade level, according to new research. When asked to estimate the grade they’d be placed into for both math and ...

EnCorps-vetted STEM Professional Virtually Tutor Sixth Grade students in math Middle school students will take part in online after-school math tutoring with an EnCorps-vetted science, technology, ...

Jesse Elicker, math clinician at Good Hope Middle School, began his Tuesday morning pre-algebra class with a game of “Guess the Function.” A series of numbers was displayed on the Smart Board behind ...

When it comes to math, it never hurts to have a little help. That's one of the reasons why Penny Svee brought her sixth-grade class to Skyview High Tuesday morning. They received some tips on how to ...

From the stands of a recent Columbus Academy boys varsity basketball game, sixth-grader Jonathan Proctor buried his left hand deep into a box of popcorn. The right one, meanwhile, held a freshly ...