A fifth-grade student in Ellanise Hines’ class works on calculating the volume of a prism. Credit: Steven Yoder for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for ...

Both explanations have their place in math instruction, but according to a large-scale 2025 study of upper elementary math instruction, the use of precise mathematical terminology may matter more than ...

The London-area Catholic school board is changing how it delivers math lessons by adding an online component. “One of the things we really want to focus on in our board is changing the math narrative, ...

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Over the past couple of months, several researchers have begun making the same provocative claim: They used generative-AI tools to solve a previously unanswered math problem. The most extreme promises ...

In Raymond Elementary School’s pre-kindergarten classroom, boys and girls huddled together on a rug with their teacher to learn a foundational skill for reading and spelling: how to pull apart and put ...

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Working memory is critical for tackling difficult math problems, but it is finite and can be overburdened quickly, making it hard for students to parse out details and steps when working through ...