For Foothills Elementary Principal Abe Yospe, a proud Utah fan, and assistant Principal Jayme Gandara, a devoted BYU ...

Some lessons may not make all that much sense in the moment, but there will be things learned that you’ll carry with you for ...

The vast majority of students won’t take algebra until middle or high school. But teachers can start laying the groundwork for this pivotal class a lot sooner, some researchers say—and instilling ...

Two students in Danielle Adler’s kindergarten class at Marcus Hook Elementary School in Marcus Hook, Pa., prepare for an addition problem. Credit: Holly Korbey for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...

With the return to school comes a return to students sitting at their desks for hours every day—and teachers’ subsequent challenge of managing those fidgeting students. There has been considerable ...

The characteristics of a rhombus. The limits of parental authority. Gratitude. By David Sax Mr. Sax is the author of “The Revenge of the Analog: Real Things and Why They Matter” and the parent of a ...

Gender gaps in math achievement and teacher expectations that boys are stronger at math than girls start to form by kindergarten, according to a study released Thursday by the American Educational ...

In Boston public schools, 3, 4 and 5-year-olds are getting their first introduction to math. Before they walk through the kindergarten door, the “Building Blocks” curriculum is designed to encourage ...

For nearly an hour, no one speaks a word of English in this first-grade math class. Not the teacher, Ying Ying Wu, who talks energetically in Mandarin’s songlike tones. Not the students — 6- and ...