Your child can build an understanding of addition, subtraction, and the other math concepts they are learning in first grade by playing with everyday objects. Use items that your child enjoys playing ...

Ashley Sanchez told Newsweek she was baffled by her son’s homework assignment, but she spotted one word that changed ...

As American students continue to flounder in math, Bellwether, a national nonprofit that seeks to improve opportunities and ...

Inside her fifth-grade classroom at Brandon Elementary School, teacher Jill Carlson sees her students slumped in their chairs ...

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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 ...

US researchers say that children who fail to grasp a basic math skill in first grade lag far behind their peers by seventh grade on a test of the mathematical abilities needed to function later in ...

A dad in Virginia ended up turning to social media for help after becoming confused by a first-grade math problem. Math seems to be a problem for many young Americans. In 2022, the Programme for ...

Aug. 20—I stared at the last question on my daughter's first-grade math homework as if doing so until my eyes grew callouses would cause an understanding of what it was asking her to do. Arlie wiggled ...

For children who find math difficult or frustrating, or who just like to be challenged, there are many cool math games online to play for free. But are they useful? Research shows that the brain’s ...