This teacher believes that “deprioritizing abstract math like calculus in favor of practical math, with a focus on statistical literacy, reduces barriers to entry and will help increase diversity in ...

Few elementary education programs give future teachers enough exposure to foundational math concepts, like number sense and algebraic reasoning, before they reach the classroom. That’s the upshot of a ...

Calculus is the study of change. Calculus teaching methods, however, have changed little in recent decades. Now, FIU research shows a new model could improve calculus instruction nationwide. A study ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Linda Darling-Hammond is an expert on education research and policy. PISA scores reveal deep problems in how the United States ...

Editor’s note: First-year students, prospective students (and some of their parents) wonder and worry how they will handle the academic transition from high school to college. In a series of stories, ...

Become the math teacher your future students need. There’s a difference between learning a subject and learning to teach it. You’ll want to do both to be the kind of teacher that inspires their ...

How can teachers help all students become successful in mathematics? It is a deceptively complicated question—one that invites different ideas in the field about how best to prepare students for ...

For 23 years, I’ve taught high school math. And for 23 years, I’ve been told by people that they either are a “math person” or they are not. I get it: Math isn’t easy. Movies and TV shows make it look ...

About seven years ago, some friends who had high school-age children urged me to attend a meeting to discuss our district’s math curriculum, called College Preparatory Math (CPM). Until then I hadn’t ...

Lizzy Staugler ’24, ’25 enjoys helping students find their way through the unfamiliar thickets of high school and college mathematics in much the same way she enjoyed guiding her young charges toward ...