Parents teach young children to love books by reading to them, often at bedtime. Laura and John Overdeck love math, so they started giving their kids a word problem to solve each night before tucking ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. It’s common ...

With the return to school comes a return to students sitting at their desks for hours every day—and teachers’ subsequent challenge of managing those fidgeting students. There has been considerable ...

Starting with the problem number ten on our list of math problem-solving activities for middle school – one night a hungry King couldn’t sleep. He went down to the kitchen, where he found a crate full ...

I've been teaching second and third-graders mathematical problem solving for six years. In that time, I've learned that kids are more apt to enjoy math if they already have a strong foundation. Kids ...

ARLINGTON, VA, January 3, 2012 – Expanding its PBS KIDS Lab site, which offers more than 50 cross-platform games designed to help children ages 2-8 build critical math skills, PBS today announced new ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Parents know they ...

Over a million students, teachers, and general math lovers from more than 100 countries have signed up to participate in Global Math Week and a math activity dubbed Exploding Dots. The inaugural ...

Cooking is a great way to teach kids math skills, and it can be fun and engaging. When kids help out in the kitchen, they ...

Earlier this month, Barbara Oakley, engineering professor at Oakland University and author of “Learning How to Learn" published an opinion piece called "Make Your Daughter Practice Math. She'll Thank ...