With revised Texas math standards expected to face a final vote this week, a board member yesterday expressed exasperation with critics who are seeking big changes. “I am concerned this process has ...

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Lafayette Harrison High School math teacher Doug Klumpe likes a good debate. When he read a recent New York Times op-ed titled “Is Algebra Necessary?” that’s exactly what he got ...

Math is a stumbling block for many students, and instruction may be part of the reason why. Introductory math courses that serve as gateways to majors in science, technology, engineering, and math can ...

A draft of the California math curriculum framework went online Wednesday for public comments and suggestions. While weighing in at 1,200 pages, the document is actually a readable grade-by-grade ...

The nation’s most popular honors programs for high school students fail to offer an enriched learning experience to high achievers in math and science, says a study from a panel of leading ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper aims to critique and develop neo-Vygotskian work in mathematics education from (i) within the Vygotskian and activity theoretic ...

In the rapidly expanding field of online education, no one has matched the success of Salman Khan. After he started out tutoring his nephew online, the former hedge fund analyst built up Khan Academy, ...

I first encountered the Common Core State Standards last fall, when my grandson started sixth grade in a public middle school here in Berkeley, Calif. This was the first year that the Berkeley school ...

NORWALK — Scott Hurwitz, principal of Brien McMahon High School, posed this question to his faculty: “If you want to learn to ride a bike, do you read a book on it and then take a test, or do you ...