EdSource · A University of California in the heart of farm country aims to attract more students Tracy Johnston Zager, a 4th grade math teacher from Washington state, has become a rock star among ...

Teaching Strategies has received the 2026 EdTech Cool Tool Award for its Creative Curriculum for Infants and Toddlers, recognized as the best curriculum and instruction solution. The program ...

The idea that math is a natural-born talent—that some people just “get it,” and others won’t no matter the time and effort put in—is a mentality that researchers and schools have been challenging for ...

During the day, I teach Algebra I classes to high school freshmen in Springfield, Missouri. One night per week, I teach preservice elementary school teachers who serve as paraprofessionals at K-12 ...

Early math success is shaped by more than classroom lessons—it starts at home with quality interactions, parental attitudes, ...

Sara Rezvi (@arsinoepi on twitter) is a former high school mathematics teacher, a current doctoral candidate at the University of Illinois at Chicago in the College of Education, and the program ...

The following are three examples of calculation strategies students might discover on their own if they were taught standard algorithms first and allowed to master them before moving on. The ...

From left, Victoria Aguirre, first-grade teacher, Margie Ryckman, fourth-grade teacher, and Jill Carlson, fifth-grade teacher within GUSD say they walk into their classrooms each day with urgency, ...

April 16, 2026 - EdSource Editor-at-Large John Fensterwald explains how this election could reshape California schools. California stands at a pivotal moment in math education. The State Board of ...

Students with special needs are often missing out on critical areas of math instruction—especially data processing, statistics and probability—raising concerns about their readiness for real-world ...

Most of us either loved or hated math in school. If you grew up with negative feelings about math, you can avoid inadvertently passing these attitudes to your children. When I taught math in grade ...