"I can do calculation problems, but I get them wrong when they become word problems.""No matter how many times I teach them, ...

Alabama education leaders visited Tanner Elementary School to observe how teachers are helping students build math skills.

When elementary students learn some tools for discussing math, they can start to see it as more than just quickly getting to ...

In elementary school arithmetic, I was marked wrong for reversing the order of multiplication. Every time this topic comes up ...

Segue Institute for Learning teacher Cassandra Santiago introduces a lesson on word problems to her first graders one spring afternoon. Credit: Phillip Keith for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...

Two students in Danielle Adler’s kindergarten class at Marcus Hook Elementary School in Marcus Hook, Pa., prepare for an addition problem. Credit: Holly Korbey for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...

Alabama is changing how it prepares future elementary school teachers to teach math, part of a broader effort to improve ...