First grade math is all about building strong foundations in counting, addition, subtraction, and problem-solving—while ...

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Just a few months after California overhauled the way it teaches children to read, a new bill takes on math education.

The mystery behind the way a child puts together his or her earliest building blocks of math is beginning to unravel. Scientists have found that what children know about numbers as they begin first ...

A student takes a remedial math class at Haltom High School to study for the STAAR state standardized tests in a 2012 archive photo. Ron Jenkins Star-Telegram file photo First- through third-grade ...

Is Oglethorpe University's Bill Shillito right? What does this math problem mean? You love numbers. So do we. Let's nerd out over numbers together. The shared problem follows a now-common formula with ...

To help young kids who struggle with math, well-intentioned teachers often turn to non-traditional teaching methods. They use music and movement to involve the whole body. They use hands-on materials ...

First- through third-grade students in the Fort Worth Independent School District saw slight improvements in math testing from last school year, but they’re still trailing behind their peers across ...