As a young teacher in an East Lansing, Mich., elementary school, Deborah Loewenberg Ball realized teaching mathematics required a special kind of knowledge. Unfortunately, she didn’t have it. Take ...

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Math achievement scores have dropped, but some school boards are finding a teaching formula for student success ...

About a decade ago, leaders at the Kentucky Department of Education set out to develop guidelines for what quality math instruction should looked like in the state, convening educators from the ...

Typically, middle school math is a one-size-fits-all experience. To prepare for high school math, students study prealgebra, then algebra — rarely moving beyond. This standard approach is especially ...

Earlier this week, I wrote about the history of progressive math education, the culture wars it has inspired over the past hundred years, and the controversy over the California Math Framework. Today, ...

When I was a child, a new way of teaching math was introduced and soon became popular. Often called the “new math”, this approach to math included an attempt to build up all of math from the concepts ...

Spark Math ('Spark' or 'the Company'), a global leader in interactive small group classes for students from Pre-K through ...