It’s around fourth grade that many youngsters become discouraged by math and begin to think of it as a subject they’re just not good at. Be aware of this and try to prevent your child from developing ...

The results of an international test of academic skills released recently show dire declines in math for U.S. fourth- and eighth-grade students. The Trends in International Mathematics and Science ...

Inside her fifth-grade classroom at Brandon Elementary School, teacher Jill Carlson sees her students slumped in their chairs ...

Algebra I will return to San Francisco middle schools, much to the relief of parents who've fought for a decade to bring it ...

Every two years, hundreds of thousands of American fourth and eighth grade students take a test called the National Assessment of Educational Progress. The test evaluates students’ reading and math ...

A Math Is Cool contest has Spokane Valley fourth-graders counting wins. More than 400 fourth-grade students from around Spokane competed in mental math team challenges and individual tests during the ...

A fourth grader at Hartwood Elementary School District channeled her inner “mathlete” to earn a near-perfect score in a nationwide math competition. Charlene “Cici” Xu recently scored in the top 1% of ...

In “Do Sports Explain the ‘Math Gender Gap’?” (op-ed, Sept. 8), J.T. Young speculates whether “the way we teach math is somehow biased against girls.” A related issue is that recent teaching ...

NAEP, also known as the nation's report card, released results last week. Illinois eighth grade students outperformed national averages in reading, math. Fourth grade, eighth grade, and the 12th grade ...