Organizational strategies that help students break complex word problems into manageable chunks may be the key to solving them, according to a 2025 study.

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 ...

In 2023-24 at Samish Elementary, only 21% of students were consistently showing grade-level knowledge. The next year, that number jumped to 44%. School officials credit targeted efforts by teachers ...

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Segue Institute for Learning teacher Cassandra Santiago introduces a lesson on word problems to her first graders one spring afternoon. Credit: Phillip Keith for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...

Remember the principal who spent a night on the roof of Coolidge Elementary after daring his students to hit one million math ...

This story originally appeared in the February 2025 issue of Texas Monthly as part of our public-education feature, “What Our Schools Actually Need.” Humans have been learning math for thousands of ...

this is nuts... the husband and I are disagreeing on how to workt his out for the kiddo. How would you work out this problem? Obviously we know she spent 10 dollars, but we cannot agree on how to come ...