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Unlike a lot of people her age, 20-year-old Kelsey Pearsall-Brandon of Lake in the Hills has a clear career goal. She wants to be a police officer. But something is standing in her way: -24 = 5x + 1 < ...

California's updated math framework has elevated the needs of English learners, but district leaders lack guidance on ...

Sandra Zuniga hated math for the most part of her school years. Her peers and teachers would not associate this with her because she has always excelled academically, especially in math. Zuniga is now ...

The traditional ways of teaching math have not been working, according to the San Diego Unified School District. Years ago, the district surveyed students and found that many of them couldn’t explain ...

Education experts have noticed that a growing number of children are struggling with number fluency—the ability to reason with and to apply simple numerical concepts. At Simon Fraser University, ...

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NEW YORK — Michael Gallin, a 34-year-old math teacher at KAPPA International High School in the Bronx, was winding his way through the cluttered aisles of his algebra classroom listening for sighs of ...

The traditional ways of teaching math have not been working, San Diego Unified officials say. Years ago the district surveyed students and found that many of them couldn’t explain what their answers ...