Math often feels disconnected from the real lives of students. They learn the steps, solve equations and check their work, ...

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Every mathematician has a story that goes something like this. You’re at a party, and someone asks what you do for a living. “I’m a mathematician,” you say. “You must be a genius!” they reply. Or ...

Porter’s Chapel Academy teacher Frances Warren uses her civil engineering background to turn math and science instruction ...

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One of the joys of being an educator is embracing all the differences every student brings to the classroom, while teaching them to celebrate those unique traits in themselves and each other. Yet, ...

Federal data shows post-pandemic student math scores are still down. Maine education officials are responding with a new effort to show students that math has real-world relevance. Federal data ...

“Math might seem like it’s about getting the right answers, but really it’s about the process of discovering,” according to this invigorating philosophical take on the field. Mathematician Cheng (The ...

It’s a question that high school and middle school math teachers have heard many times. Some educators think it’s because math instruction is stuck in a rut. Procedural, boring and, in some cases, ...

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Americans are largely unsatisfied with the way math is taught across the nation's classrooms, according to a new national survey of parents of school-age children, teachers and adults. The study, ...

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