From the NY Times, an article “As Math Scores Lag, a New Push for the Basics” about rethinking the teaching of “fuzzy math” in American schools. “The changes are being driven by students’ lagging ...

Recent gains by U.S. students on an international-comparison test show that the much-maligned “reform math” is in fact working, a middle school math teacher writes in an opinion piece published in The ...

Whereas x = $1 billion in tax cuts, $61x =$100x. Huh? According to my Oklahoma junior high math, that don't work. But it does at the U.S. House of Representatives.After the GOP promised $100 billion ...

What constitutes quality mathematics instruction? And, if we don’t have it in schools now, how do we get it? In this Education Week Commentary, Jere Confrey warns that setting standards will not be ...

During an April 2 floor debate, New Jersey Democrat Rob Andrews criticized Republicans for citing a study that “ the author claims is just being blatantly misrepresented,” and the House energy ...