Even for math problems that seem simple, students have to explain their work — show they understand what the calculations mean, as well as get the right answer. In a second-grade classroom at William ...

Connecticut’s submarine base provided members of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission with potent ammunition Thursday, as commissioners took issue with the Pentagon’s estimates for the ...

The field of math education is cluttered with bad and untested ideas. The Gates Foundation is spending more than a billion dollars to try to find a way forward.

Base 10 is a monument to human stupidity and should be abolished tomorrow. (c) I favor integer bases, but it’s not an overwhelming preference. (d) Unary, aka base one, aka, tally marks.

Tonya Clarke’s vision for math instruction in Georgia’s Clayton County public schools sounds simple: She wants students to think, reason, and analyze in order to solve real-world problems.

Common Core math procedures are much different because the teacher has become a facilitator. ... It can help students see the relationship between numbers and reinforce our base-10 number system.