Fifth-grade math teacher Wei Zhang moves her hands in small circles with her palms up, coaxing her students to think about the math problem on the board. “This way makes it easier to certain people,” ...

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Teruni Lamberg, University of Nevada, Reno associate professor of elementary mathematics education, spends her summers traveling across the Silver State. It's been three years since she launched the ...

This story is part of a series from the national Education Reporting Collaborative in partnership with AL.com. While the rest of the country’s schools were losing ground in math during the COVID ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Each month, Dayton Daily News reporter Eileen McClory highlights local ideas that improve outcomes for students and teachers in the Dayton area. Walking into McKinley Elementary teacher ...

When a teacher has a problem, she might go to a mentor or an instructional coach—but often, she goes to whomever is closest at hand. That’s why a new series of studies suggests that school ...

Lab Middle School for Collaborative Studies, a top Chelsea middle school, angered parents this week when its principal announced it was scrapping accelerated math classes. The program, co-founded by ...

Third grade teacher Eran McGowan works through math problems with his students at the Eddie Bernice Johnson STEM Academy in Dallas on Feb. 5. (Azul Sordo For The Texas Tribune, Azul Sordo For The ...

Teruni Lamberg, University of Nevada, Reno associate professor of elementary mathematics education, spends her summers traveling across the Silver State. It's been three years since she launched the ...

Third grade teacher Eran McGowan works through math problems with his students at the Eddie Bernice Johnson STEM Academy in Dallas on Feb. 5. Credit: Azul Sordo for The Texas Tribune DALLAS — In Eran ...