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When you think back on elementary school math, do you have fond memories of the countless worksheets you completed on adding fractions or solving division problems? Probably not. Researchers and ...

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Segue Institute for Learning teacher Cassandra Santiago introduces a lesson on word problems to her first graders one spring afternoon. Credit: Phillip Keith for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...

This story originally appeared in the February 2025 issue of Texas Monthly as part of our public-education feature, “What Our Schools Actually Need.” Humans have been learning math for thousands of ...

For decades, educators have assumed that learning arithmetic in school helps students solve real-world problems. Yet, a new ...

On a breezy July morning in South Seattle, a dozen elementary-aged students ran math relays behind an elementary school. One by one, they raced to a table, where they scribbled answers to ...

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By ARIEL GILREATH of The Hechinger Report and JACKIE VALLEY of The Christian Science Monitor On a breezy July morning in South Seattle, a dozen ...