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 ...

When school let out two hours early Wednesday, a lot of children headed for their neighborhood library to read or watch videos and wait for parents to get off work, but libraries play a more active ...

EUGENE, Ore. (Ivanhoe Newswire) — Studies suggest early math skills are a better predictor of academic success than early reading skills. However, in a typical five-hour preschool day, only 58 seconds ...

Kennedy Scudder, 10, likes doing word problems. For her, they’re less about math and more about problem solving. “I like trying to figure out the answers,” Kennedy said. She also likes competing ...

To learn math, students must build a mental toolbox of facts and procedures needed for different problems. But students who can recall these foundational facts in isolation often struggle to use them ...

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 ...

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 ...