Think back to your own childhood for a moment. How many everyday things did you learn just by doing them, without a screen in ...
Across the country, teachers are sounding the alarm about a new kind of gap in the classroom: kids who can code on a tablet ...
"Immature parents who are always on their phones and have no idea how to interact with a child, too much screen time, no ...
The latest federal assessment shows that states are struggling to improve K-12 math scores, which are in the tank nationwide.
In sum: Test scores have been trending down for over a decade. There are some signs of recovery in math, but not many in ...
Business leaders can’t outsource mathematical thinking to AI without sacrificing judgment, because real-world business ...
Kids are arriving on college campuses with fewer skills. But, rather than challenge students, many colleges are lowering ...
One morning during school drop-off, a parent waved me over. Her seventh-grade son had always done well in math, so she was puzzled—and more than a little frustrated—that he was struggling with ...
Math teachers at Utah's Hurricane High School are utilizing a nontraditional teaching approach to help their students succeed. The "Building Thinking Classrooms" strategy promotes collaboration.
Math scores in the U.S. have been so bad for so long that teachers could be forgiven for trying anything to improve them. Unfortunately, many of the strategies they’re using could be making things ...
Children who count on their fingers between ages 4 and 6 1/2 have better addition skills by age 7 than those who don’t use their fingers, suggesting that finger counting is an important stepping stone ...
Math scores in the US have been so bad for so long that teachers could be forgiven for trying anything to improve them. Unfortunately, many of the strategies they’re using could be making things worse ...