Common Core math is getting the works from critics: It's too demanding for most kids; holds back the speedy kids; not the same as what parents already know; makes kids cry. It even promotes "fuzzy ...

More than 465 Hechinger Report readers filled out our survey about math education. They raised issues ranging from worry about math anxiety to anger about unequal access to higher-level math courses ...

The four Overby siblings have math stars as bookends: My older sister, the former high school mathematics teacher; my younger brother, the civil engineer. Ten years of age separate those two, but part ...

Hot take: I love mathematics. From basic addition to multivariable calculus, learning and discovering the intricacies of how math works is absolutely fascinating. My late grandmother was a mathematics ...

As a math educator, I often find myself in conversations with parents who tell me, "I was never good at math, so it's not surprising my son isn't good either." I've also spoken with teachers who tell ...

For the last four years, David Holfinger (a math teacher), Paul Massalski (head of the math department) and I have offered a completely free after-school math extra-help class on Wednesday nights at ...

I enjoyed Mark Lewis’s lighthearted April 12 column on “Girl Math” and appreciated his humor and self-awareness. However, I’d like to gently point out something the column inadvertently reveals about ...

My wife came home one day and said, “Honey, I have great news.” “What’s that?” I asked, secretly hoping she was about to announce she wanted to take up golf. “I just saved you $500,” she said with the ...

Last month the Newport-Mesa Unified School District abandoned its plan to drop some accelerated math classes after a parental backlash that appeared to take some school officials by surprise. Prior to ...