Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Linda Darling-Hammond is an expert on education research and policy. This blog was updated on June 24, 2026 to clarify a statistic ...

About a decade ago, leaders at the Kentucky Department of Education set out to develop guidelines for what quality math instruction should looked like in the state, convening educators from the ...

Our analyses of the mathematics to be learned, our reading of the research in cognitive psychology and mathematics education, our experience as learners and teachers of mathematics, and our ...

In the latest version of the Nation’s Report Card, students’ math scores fell an average of five points for fourth graders and eight points for eighth graders nationwide. This historic drop in scores ...

One of the most hotly contested teaching practices concerns a single minute of math class. Should teachers pull out their stopwatches and administer one-page worksheets in addition, subtraction, ...