But primes are often considered the building blocks of mathematics, and math itself is the scaffolding that supports ...

One afternoon, Lori Anderson and her 7-year-old, Lindsey, spotted a small maple tree in La Mirada, California. Anderson asked her daughter how many leaves she thought were on the tree. Lindsey’s guess ...

Across the country, educators continue to wrestle with big questions about math curricula. Two years ago, the California education board’s adoption of a long-gestating new math framework added more ...

Sean Donovan, math teacher at Brewer High school, teaching his Career Math class on October 28. After years of declining test scores the Maine department of Education last month announced what it ...