A key part—though surely not the only part—of early-grades math is ensuring students get the basic arithmetic functions down and, beyond that, making sure they’re able to swiftly and automatically ...

Students are better able to engage with and solve complex problems when they view themselves as capable mathematicians.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Linda Darling-Hammond is an expert on education research and policy. This blog was updated on June 24, 2026 to clarify a statistic ...

Families might be wondering why their child's math classroom looks so different from what they remember in school. Why aren't teachers putting students on the spot and getting them to prove that they ...

In our family's elementary school home study, Japanese and math are the focus.For Japanese, it's kanji and reading ...

Students often struggle to connect math with the real world. Word problems—a combination of words, numbers, and mathematical operations—can be a perfect vehicle to take abstract numbers off the page.

One of the joys of being an educator is embracing all the differences every student brings to the classroom, while teaching them to celebrate those unique traits in themselves and each other. Yet, ...

Imagine a classroom full of bright young students, all striving to do their best on a high school math test. They sit, heads slightly bowed, pencils ready, each one thinking about how to tackle each ...

IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- MIND Education, creator of ST Math and a leader in neuroscience-based ...

Researchers identify brain network alterations in developmental dyscalculia that impair strategy switching during math problem solving.