In July 2026, a rumor spread that Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, a Democrat, signed a bill to remove math, reading and writing ...

New York school districts will soon begin revamping math instruction under a new law aimed at improving test scores — but the ...

U.S. test scores are in a generation-long decline. Parents need to be aware of this and advocate for better learning ...

Dylan Kane likes his math curriculum. But there’s one important piece missing, he says. The 7th grade math teacher in Leadville, Colo., uses a program that teaches math skills through real-world ...

A bill moving through the California Legislature would test students as early as kindergarten on math. It's part of an effort ...

When Eric Weber, professor and chair of mathematics at Iowa State University, talks about data science with future math teachers, he doesn't begin with code, algorithms, or buzzwords. Instead, he asks ...

“We want to show pre-service math teachers that data science isn’t a separate universe from the math they already study. It's built on it,” said Eric Weber, professor and chair of mathematics at Iowa ...

Chalkbeat Ideas is a section featuring reported columns on the big ideas and debates shaping American schools. Sign up for the Ideas newsletter to follow our work. On a recent Tuesday morning, dozens ...

University of California professors are sounding the alarm on a “severe” lack of math skills among college students — thanks to a decision to ban standardized testing in admissions at the elite ...

What kind of education best helps students learn math? In the province of Ontario, the most recent provincial standardized results (2024–25) show modest improvement in elementary mathematics ...

Math fact fluency—knowing and being able to recall math facts quickly and accurately—is an important element of being a successful mathematician at every age. To help my second-grade students grow ...