In India, many kids who work in retail markets have good math skills. They can quickly perform a range of calculations to ...

While market-working kids in India excel at mental calculations, they struggle with textbook math — while schoolchildren fail ...

An initiative aimed at raising student achievement doesn't give students enough practice with foundational skills, some say.

Improving mathematics at school is urgent to equip the future generation with practical, critical thinking, and problem-solving activities in everyday life. The branch of study might be very important ...

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In India, many kids who work in retail markets have good math skills. They can quickly perform a range of calculations to complete transactions. But as a new study shows, these kids often perform ...

For most, thoughts of early math lessons conjure images of number lines, multiplication tables and memorization. But a few teachers at West Elementary School are trying a new approach: talking it ...

A new approach to math instruction this year at West Elementary School breaks lessons into smaller, bite-size pieces.