Math teacher Emma Chiappetta uses a three-round exercise to help students not only recognize their errors, but also generate ...

Accelerate Learning has published a new guide to help K-12 educators implement the Mathematics Framework for California Public Schools. The free guide, "Building the New California Math Classroom," is ...

Math teacher Samantha McGlennen wandered around her Summit Middle School classroom, unfazed by the students’ chatter and laughter during a recent lesson about exponential growth. Their behavior – ...

Two effective manipulatives that can be used to support fractions and base 10 learning are base 10 blocks and Cuisenaire rods ...

Districts are already making large financial investments into core programs. So why are they still buying more resources to ...

In teacher Jeremy Gwyn's geometry class at Hempfield High School, students are learning mathematics in a way their parents did not. These students use laptop computers and graphing calculators. Their ...

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. In Dan Goldfield’s high school math class, students don’t learn about large numbers by ...

For generations, math has been taught according to the same, basic class structure—teachers lecture their students on concepts, and then ask them to work individually on math problems in their ...

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 ...

Includes updates and/or revisions. Ask a parent, politician, or school board member to describe the ideal qualifications of a math teacher, and most would probably rank having a college major in that ...

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. For folks in the literacy world, the bitter fight over California’s math framework ...

Picture the following: A student volunteers to answer a math question in an elementary school classroom. The teacher knows from working with the student previously that although she can easily follow ...