eSchool News is counting down the 10 most-read stories of 2025. Story #4 focuses on making math instruction more relevant to students. The real question students are asking is, “When am I ever going ...

When completing math problems, students often have to show their work. It’s a method teachers use to catch errors in thinking, to make sure students are grasping mathematical concepts correctly. New ...

Students often struggle to connect math with the real world. Word problems—a combination of words, numbers, and mathematical operations—can be a perfect vehicle to take abstract numbers off the page.

It’s a common experience for many New York City parents. They sit down to help their kids with math homework, only to be totally flummoxed. Part of the reason is math instruction has undergone a ...

Some readers may solve the problem procedurally: line up the two numbers, add the ones column, carry the one, and add the tens to get 43. Others might instead notice a creative shortcut: 29 + 14 is ...

Third grader Melina King demonstrates how she solved a math problem in front of her class at Fox Road Elementary School in North Raleigh on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. North Carolina is redesigning its ...

KIMBERLY M. NIEBAUER teaches gifted students in K–5 at Duval County (Fla.) Public Schools. As a Microsoft certified coach and one of EdTech’s 2024 K–12 IT Influencers, she frequently shares best ...