The designers for Monte Vista Elementary School’s proposed outdoor classroom had some key questions to answer: What materials could they use while staying under the district’s $10,000 budget? How much ...
Gone are the days when "30 plus eight equals 38" is the only way to pose a math problem. Now, first-graders are learning that three 10s and eight ones also equal 38. And they are making graphs to ...
The term "computer" used to be applied to humans that performed calculations by hand. It's still important for today's kids to still know how to, say, multiply without using their calculators (or ...
Sign up for The Morning Report with all your must-read news for the day. The math scores at Einstein Academy didn’t add up. Kids aced math in the younger grades at ...
A set of guidelines adopted by 45 states this year may turn children into "little mathematicians" who don't know how to do actual math. A few weeks ago, I wrote an article for TheAtlantic.com ...