Nearly half of Alberta’s Grade 6 students failed the provincewide math test in 2024, three years after the province started rolling out its new elementary school curriculum. Only 53 per cent of ...

A sharp rise in students entering the University of California system without middle school-level math skills is raising alarms among educators. A new internal report from the University of California ...

While observing a sixth-grade math lesson, I witnessed a scene I have seen play out countless times in classrooms. The teacher was at the whiteboard, explaining the steps to solve a ratio problem.

It's happening: Your kid is in middle school! Aside from all the changes and transitions that sixth grade often involves, it also means learning new math skills. As concepts get more abstract and ...

American high-school seniors’ scores on major math and reading tests fell to their lowest levels on record, according to results released Tuesday by the U.S. Education Department. Twelfth-graders’ ...

Peek into an early-grade classroom at a Montessori school and you are likely to see children of different ages moving around and talking, free to explore a variety of activities. Each activity will ...

Artificial intelligence tools can be integrated into math class in ways that enhance instruction without replacing teachers or diminishing students’ learning. That was a key takeaway from educators ...

We like to think that we're pretty good at math, especially after years of schooling. But every once in a while, a simple third-grade math problem manages to trip us up and make us question our ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Big changes are coming for sixth, seventh and eighth graders at Portland Public Schools this fall. Students will no longer receive letter grades when they return to school in ...

Summary: Incorporating LEGO-based activities into daily classroom instruction can significantly improve children’s math and spatial reasoning abilities, according to a new study. Researchers evaluated ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

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 ...