As nine students cluster in a semi-circle in Gail Younie’s cozy summer school classroom at Stephensen Elementary in Southwest Portland, the baggies full of brightly-colored two-dimensional Styrofoam ...

Last week, the Seattle School Board voted 4-3 to adopt a new elementary curriculum, Math in Focus. Parents and teachers had lobbied the district for years to use Math in Focus, described as “Singapore ...

MIND Education announced the launch of InsightMath, the only K-6 core math curriculum redefining math instruction with an approach explicitly designed around how the brain learns. Rooted in ...

In a new paper, Stanford professor Jo Boaler argues that math teachers should use more visual approaches in their classrooms, including encouraging students to use their fingers to count and represent ...

Lynne Munson has served as president and executive director of the non-profit Common Core, Inc. since its founding in 2007. Common Core, Inc. is an advocate for the liberal arts and sciences education ...

New York City is gearing up to change the way math is taught this school year amid rising concerns about students’ low math performance. The initiative, NYC Solves, will mandate the use of one ...

Kindergartners through fifth-graders in the Newport-Mesa Unified School District may use new math materials by next school year, but sixth-graders could continue using Swun Math, a program that ...