JOLIET, Ill. -- A video of a rapping math teacher in Joliet has gone viral. Cassie Crim is using her rapping skills to help her students learn math and motivate them, creating a video of herself ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Deidre Kelly. It has been edited for length and clarity. This is my 14th year teaching sixth-grade math, and I enjoy it just as much as I did when ...

How many of us complained in high school algebra class, “I’m never going to use this stuff”? Well, whether you realize it or not, you’re using it on a regular basis. If you’ve ever calculated a tip, ...

Learning math takes effort and can even feel uncomfortable, but moments of struggle and mistakes are part of the process. Research shows that productive struggle in math leads to better learning. But ...

Students, parents and school principals all instinctively know that some teachers are better than others. Education researchers have spent decades trying — with mixed success — to calculate exactly ...