Word problems try and tell students a story about the math problem in front of them. They are a useful way to connect abstract numbers to concrete situations, so students can learn early on to apply ...

In my work with school districts, I have seen educators recognize the need for more explicit instruction, only to find ...

For more than a century, schools have been built to deliver content—math facts, historical timelines, scientific terms. For much of that time, schools have been organized around content delivery as ...

Academic knowledge alone is no longer enough to prepare students for today's fast-changing workplace. Education experts say ...

Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to solve basic math problems – such as lining up numbers to add, starting with ...