Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell is the White House Correspondent for "The Daily Signal." Send her an email. Math can oppress students of color due to the inequitable system it was developed under, ...
Experts agree: Elementary teachers need to have a strong foundation in math. But teacher-preparation programs don’t always dedicate much time to elementary math coursework. That’s starting to change, ...
A new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) finds that only one in eight elementary teacher preparation programs nationwide devote enough time to teaching fundamental math content ...
Few elementary education programs give future teachers enough exposure to foundational math concepts, like number sense and algebraic reasoning, before they reach the classroom. That’s the upshot of a ...
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), has organised a One-day mental mathematics awareness event for 500 mathematics teachers in Bauchi State with the aim of introducing them to new patterns of ...
When Eric Weber, professor and chair of mathematics at Iowa State University, talks about data science with future math teachers, he doesn't begin with code, algorithms, or buzzwords. Instead, he asks ...
When Frances E. Anderson saw 2022 math scores for America’s fourth- and eighth-graders, she was hardly surprised that they had dropped. Until recently – including the period of remote instruction ...
Teachers report thinking that if girls do better in math than boys, it is probably because of their innate ability and effort. But they also report that when boys do well in math, it is more likely ...
Families might be wondering why their child’s math classroom looks so different from what they remember in school. Why aren’t teachers putting students on the spot and getting them to prove that they ...
Every year, the University of Arizona hosts a public lecture series featuring educators and researchers from the College of Science. Each series does a deep dive into a variety of science topics, and ...
Heather Smith, the 2024 Burroughs Wellcome Fund North Carolina Teacher of the Year, will headline this year’s Braswell Lecture at the University of Mount Olive. Scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 27, at ...