Educators and administrators in recent years have been eager to reimagine math instruction. Troubled by high failure rates in ...

Byron Elementary students answered nearly 30,000 math questions to earn first place in Georgia’s Prodigy State Challenge for November.

If math was never your strongest subject, take a number. But veteran teacher Courtney Phillips discovered math is hidden in an ancient game. In 20 years as a 4th grade teacher, she observed that math ...

A first-generation immigrant who left a career in finance to follow his passion for teaching has written an eye-opening new memoir of his experience navigating what he calls "wokeness" in the U.S.

Professor Curtis T. McMullen received the 1998 Fields Medal, deemed the most prestigious award in mathematics, for his work on complex dynamics. McMullen is also the creator of the Illustrating ...

The Racial Justice in Early Math project aims to educate teachers and provide resources to help educators combat racial bias in math instruction. Credit: Phillip Keith for The Hechinger Report The ...

For a long time, my mother waited for the cosmic revenge of my teenagers being as terrible as I was in those years, but the cosmos did not oblige. I ended up with sweeter teenagers than I deserved.

I was exhausted trying to stay on top of my son's school work to keep his grades up. My fiancé said I needed to let him fail, but I was reluctant at first. It felt maternally wrong. I finally gave my ...

At a recent dinner party, the host asked an unexpectedly poignant question: “What is sparking joy for you?” There were about a dozen of us at the table. The answers were a mixed bag, but I’d heard ...

After a day spent cuddling, carrying, consoling, and serving as a human jungle gym, many mothers reach bedtime feeling “touched out," physically and emotionally depleted from constant contact. Their ...

The U.S. secretary of education is having issues with basic math. Linda McMahon testified on Trump’s 2026 budget before the Senate on Tuesday. While discussing spending on federal grants programs for ...

Several months ago, Stephen Baughier, the organizer of the CampFI gatherings, invited me to speak at their first overseas camp, running for four days in late April in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.