Strong spatial skills are critical for everyday tasks and across many careers—they also strengthen students’ math performance ...

The promise of eighth grade algebra and the loss of upper school students to private schools were two focuses for a School ...

By incorporating this quick physical game into a math lesson, teachers help students focus on the task at hand.

American high-school seniors’ scores on major math and reading tests fell to their lowest levels on record, according to results released Tuesday by the U.S. Education Department. Twelfth-graders’ ...

As national test score reports generate concerns over student learning, an opposite pattern is unfolding at New Kensington-­Arnold School District, according to Superintendent Chris Sefcheck. After ...

Researchers uncovered 53 genetic loci linked to quantitative ability, distinguishing it from general intelligence and ...

In everyday life and across nearly every industry, mathematical reasoning is becoming more essential. We need to rapidly expand access to the after-school and summer programs that help young people ...

Washington student scores are showing improvements across many key metrics, the state’s top public education official announced Sept. 10. But one subject in particular could still use some extra ...

Out of 6,000 applicants, a mere 100 students nationwide were chosen for the distinction. A Plainfield third grader is among ...

Harvard economist Roland Fryer discovered something remarkable while studying the Harlem Children's Zone. They had eliminated the racial achievement gap in math and cut it by a third in reading. But ...

Math equations used to be a daily chore for many elementary schoolers. But entering adulthood means those less mathematically inclined often never have to think about them ever again. And it appears ...

Math students can soon call upon an avatar of their classroom teacher — a round-faced cartoon created by artificial ...