Newly appointed state superintendent Michael Sentance, during his first work session, warned the Alabama Board of Education of a crisis in math education. "We're in trouble," he said. The numbers he ...

As education leaders and policymakers across the country look for solutions to the nation’s math crisis, they should turn their attention to a state that is too often ignored: Alabama. This progress ...

Sharpen your pencils---and get your erasers ready, too. Big changes in middle and high school math are in store for Alabama students. A new math course of study, where the controversial Common Core ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Lawmakers continue to work on a solution to improve math scores in Alabama’s elementary schools. A counterpart to the Literacy Act, the Numeracy Act bill would hire more math ...

The Alabama House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill aimed at improving the state's performance on standardized math testing. The bill, known as the Numeracy Act, would set minimums for the ...

In DeKalb County, Ala., elementary school math classes have gotten noisy. In a good way. Instead of worksheets and textbooks, children practice adding and subtracting with tiny toy bears. They ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--To provide all-inclusive support for the Alabama Course of Study: Mathematics Grades 6-8, the Alabama Department of Education now offers free access to Math Nation ...

Alabama officials have, for now, tabled a resolution to rescind its adoption of a set of common reading and math standards for its students. At their Aug. 10 meeting, members of the state’s board of ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Alabama is out of last place when it comes to mathematics for fourth and eighth-graders. Education leaders say the state held its own as Alabama’s students improved in math ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Accelerate Learning today announced that STEMscopes Math has been approved by the Alabama State Department of Education as part of the state textbook adoption for mathematics ...